A suspension of hostilities for a specified period between armies at war (formerly also between combatants in a private feud or quarrel); a temporary…

Cessation of hostilities; a truce, an armistice. Chiefly in abstinence of (also from) war. Obsolete.

With plural agreement. Respite, truce.

abstinence, prorogation of war: suspension of hostilities. Obsolete.

(A) cessation or suspension (of hostilities).

A cessation of hostility or dissension. Also, a means of reconciliation. Obsolete.

= surseance, n.

A truce.

The action of stopping or condition of being stopped, esp. for a time; temporary cessation, intermission; temporary abrogation (of a law, rule).

elliptically = Cessation of or from arms (see in preceding): suspension of hostilities; armistice, truce: also in combinations as cessation-breaker…

spec. An armistice. Obsolete.

Originally: a suspension of hostilities; a (short) truce, a ceasefire. Later chiefly spec.: a total suspension of hostilities formally agreed on…

A (temporary) suspension of hostilities; an agreement made to effect this; a truce. Also occasionally as a mass noun.