truce

Definitions


[truːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time
(e.g: the guerrillas called a three-day truce)


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Origin:
Middle English trewes, trues (plural), from Old English trēowa, plural of trēow ‘belief, trust’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trouw and German Treue, also to true




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