truce
noun
[ truːs ]
• an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.
• "the guerrillas called a three-day truce"
Similar:
ceasefire,
armistice,
suspension of hostilities,
cessation of hostilities,
peace,
break,
respite,
lull,
moratorium,
treaty,
peace treaty,
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.
