Meaning of truce | Babel Free

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1. A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
2. A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
3. An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
4. An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
5. To end or be ended with a truce.
6. To come to an agreement to cease fighting
7. A temporary cessation of hostilities by mutual consent of the contending parties:armistice, cease-fire.
8. a (usually temporary) rest from fighting, agreed to by both sides. skietstaking هُدْنَه примирие trégua příměří die Waffenruhe våbenhvile ανακωχήtregua vaherahu آتش بس موقت aselepo trêveהפוגה थोड़े दिन की सन्धि primirje fegyverszünet gencatan senjata vopnahlé tregua 休戦 정전 paliaubos pamiers; pārtraukums kedamaian sementara bestandvåpenhvilerozejm موقتی اوربند trégua armistiţiu перемирие prímerie premirje primirje vapenvila การสงบศึกชั่วคราว ateşkes, mütareke 休戰 перемир'я جنگ بندي sự ngừng bắn 休战
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9. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice.
10. A respite from a disagreeable state of affairs.
11. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an agreement to stop fighting, esp temporarily
12. temporary cessation of something unpleasant
13. a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
14. an agreement or treaty establishing this.
15. a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.

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Examples

“An uneasy truce”

“[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.”

“He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.”

“They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.”

“[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding.”

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