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1. (n.) truce
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
2. truce
an agreement or treaty establishing this.
3. truce
a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.
Etymology: (truce+ -ial , referring to a maritime truce made in 1835 between Britain and certain Omani sheiks)
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1. (noun) armistice, cease-fire, truce
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
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1. (noun) truce
an agreement to stop fighting
to call a truce; to break a truce
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1. (noun) Truce
a suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice
2. (noun) Truce
hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet
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Sense: a (usually temporary) rest from fighting, agreed to by both sides.
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 Afrikaans: skietstaking |
 Arabic: هُدْنَه |
 Bulgarian: примирие |
 Brazilian: trégua |
 Czech: příměří |
 German: die Waffenruhe |
 Danish: våbenhvile |
 Greek: ανακωχή |
 Spanish: tregua |
 Estonian: vaherahu |
 Farsi: آتش بس موقت |
 Finnish: aselepo |
 French: trêve |
 Hebrew: הֲפוּגָה |
 Hindi: थोड़े दिन की सन्धि |
 Croatian: primirje |
 Hungarian: fegyverszünet |
 Indonesian: gencatan senjata |
 Icelandic: vopnahlé |
 Italian: tregua |
 Japanese: 休戦 |
 Korean: 정전 |
 Lithuanian: paliaubos |
 Latvian: pamiers; pārtraukums |
 Malay: kedamaian sementara |
 Dutch: (tijdelijk) bestand |
 Norwegian: våpenhvile |
 Polish: rozejm |
 Persian: آتش بس موقت |
 Pashto: موقتی اوربند |
 Portuguese: trégua |
 Romanian: armistiţiu |
 Russian: перемирие |
 Slovak: prímerie |
 Slovenian: premirje |
 Serbian: primirje |
 Swedish: vapenvila |
 Thai: การสงบศึกชั่วคราว |
 Turkish: ateşkes, mütareke |
 Taiwanese: 休戰 |
 Ukrainian: перемир'я |
 Urdu: جنگ بندي |
 Vietnamese: sự ngừng bắn |
 Chinese: 休战 |
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