truce
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//tɹuːs//
- United States//tɹus//
- Scotland//ˈtɹʉs//
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
noun
- 1
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
An uneasy truce
[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.
- 2
An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.
They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.
‘The Truce holds, Bagheera. This is no time to talk of hunting.’
[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding.
Etymology
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
verb
- 1
To come to an agreement to cease fighting.
Only undaunted Henry de Tracey […] held up the cause; trucing at last, in loyal terms, till the king should become more powerful and be able in person to restrain the country.
Forms
- plural
- truces
- past tense
- truced
- past participle
- truced
- present participle
- trucing
- third person singular
- truces
truce · A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
truck · A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun…trucker · One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest,…trucks · The game of lawn billiards.