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Synonyms for truce

Grammar : Noun
Spell : troos
Phonetic Transcription : trus

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Définition of truce

Origin :
  • early 13c., triws, variant of trewes, originally plural of trewe "faith, assurance of faith, covenant, treaty," from Old English treow "faith, treaty," from Proto-Germanic *trewwo (cf. Old Frisian triuwe, Middle Dutch trouwe, Dutch trouw, Old High German triuwa, German treue, Gothic triggwa "faith, faithfulness"). Related to Old English treowe "faithful" (see true).
  • The Germanic word was borrowed into Late Latin as tregua, hence French trève, Italian tregua. Trucial States, the pre-1971 name of the United Arab Emirates, is attested from 1891, in reference to the 1835 maritime truce between Britain and the Arab sheiks of Oman.
  • noun peaceful solution
Example sentences :
  • The truce of the water was over, but these foes did not meet again that night.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Then a truce for to-day; to-morrow, with your good leave, I enter the lists.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • If so, why was it not a little white flag of truce that gave her a right to say "How do you do?"
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • Michelant considers the truce in question to be that of the year 1340.
  • Extract from : « Dialogues in French and English » by William Caxton
  • It is with these that the pioneers of progress can hold no truce.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • A flag of truce was presented, which produced another parley.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • I could wonder no longer that they called the truce; and yet, knowing why they called it, what was I to do?
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • But until then, let there be a truce to—to this, between us.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Nor have the terms of truce been yet devised, on which the despotic ruler may rely with confidence.
  • Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
  • The Thebans after that set up a trophy and gave back the bodies under a truce.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

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