truce
/truːs
/noun
An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time: the guerrillas called a three-day truce...
- There were negotiations and truces and still more fighting.
- There would be no truces or peace treaties, no draws.
- No Greek state was allowed to fight during the truces proclaimed for the celebration of the Olympic and other Panhellenic Games.
Synonyms
ceasefire, armistice, suspension of hostilities, cessation of hostilities, peace;
break, respite, lull, moratorium;
treaty, peace treaty
informal let-up
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.