Anagram Solver

Definitions for Truce

[1] a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
[2] an agreement or treaty establishing this.
[3] a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.
[4] an agreement to stop fighting, esp temporarily
[5] temporary cessation of something unpleasant

Words related to Truce

cease-fire, reconciliation, accord, reprieve, pause, peace, agreement, moratorium, lull, suspension, amnesty, armistice, detente, terms, halt, breather, intermission, interval, rest, stay

Words nearby Truce

truancy, truant, truant officer, truantry, trubetzkoy, truce, truchas peaks, trucial coast, trucial oman, trucial sheikdoms, trucial states

Origin of Truce

1175–1225; Middle English trewes, plural of trewe, Old English trēow belief, pledge, treaty. See trow

Other words from Truce

truce·less , adjective

Word origin for Truce

C13: from the plural of Old English treow trow ; see true , trust

Synonyms for Truce

accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, cease-fire, detente, détente, lull, moratorium, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, suspension, break, breather, cessation, de-escalation, halt, intermission, interval, letup, respite, rest, stay, terms, treaty, olive branch, temporary peace, white flag, wind-down