peace accord
War-ending diplomatic document
A peace accord is a formal agreement between warring parties to end hostilities.
The term carries more weight than ceasefire or truce, implying negotiated terms addressing underlying disputes: The peace accord ended decades of civil war.
Accords often include provisions for borders, governance, or reparations.
Also called a peace agreement or peace treaty.
Binding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- compactTightly packed together
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
protocol · deal · understanding · arrangement · ratification · signing · endorsement · document
Speaks with others
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
arbitration · conciliation · compromise · facilitation · roundtable · parley · backchannel · intermediary
Agreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- cessationA full stopping
- haltComplete sudden stop
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
moratorium · standstill · respite · détente · lull · pause · hostilities · demilitarization
Official foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- statecraftArt of government
foreign policy · international relations · attaché · communiqué · ceremony · handshake · photo-op · UN
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- healingRestoration of health
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
atonement · reparation · restoration · trust-building · reintegration · closure · amends · empathy
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- compactTightly packed together
convention · protocol · deal · understanding · arrangement · ratification · signing · endorsement · document · signatory
talks
Speaks with others
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
bargaining · arbitration · conciliation · compromise · facilitation · roundtable · parley · backchannel · intermediary · envoy
truce
Agreed halt to hostilities
suspension · moratorium · standstill · respite · détente · lull · pause · hostilities · demilitarization · buffer zone
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
statecraft · foreign policy · international relations · attaché · communiqué · ceremony · handshake · photo-op · UN · Geneva
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- healingRestoration of health
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
apology · atonement · reparation · restoration · trust-building · reintegration · closure · amends · empathy · justice
- peacedove, dove release, olive branch, white flag, treaty
- agreementagree, yes, yeah, yep, yup
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- global eventsOlympics, World Cup, FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
peace accorddeclaration of war
Formal announcement of hostilities
act of war · armed conflict · military aggression · invasion · war
peace accordstate of war
Formal armed conflict declaration
conflict · cold war · proxy war · civil war · perpetual war
peace, peaceful, accord, peaceable, peacefully, peacemaker, peacetime, peacekeeper, peacemaking