truce (trūs)
n.

1. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice.
2. A respite from a disagreeable state of affairs.

tr. & intr.v., truced, truc·ing, truc·es.
To end or be ended with a truce.

[Middle English trewes, pl. of trewe, treaty, pledge, from Old English trēow.]

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