truces
Pauses in hostilities
Truces is the plural of truce—temporary cessations of hostility between warring parties.
A truce differs from a peace treaty in that it's understood to be provisional: The truces never held for long.
The word extends to any pause in conflict or competition: holiday truces between feuding relatives.
Reestablishment of harmonious relations
- healingRestoration of health
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- restorationReturning something to condition
resolution · understanding · goodwill · cooperation · coexistence · normalization · peacemaking · bridge-building
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
settlement · protocol · convention · concordat · ratification · nonaggression · moratorium · détente
A full stopping
- haltComplete sudden stop
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
standstill · hiatus · lull · breather · interval · reprieve · abeyance · break
Negotiation between nations
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
bargaining · concessions · compromise · envoy · arbitration · summit · peace talks · backchannel
rapprochement
Reestablishment of harmonious relations
- healingRestoration of health
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
restoration · resolution · understanding · goodwill · cooperation · coexistence · normalization · peacemaking · bridge-building · olive branch
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
accord · settlement · protocol · convention · concordat · ratification · nonaggression · moratorium · détente · terms
cessation
A full stopping
- haltComplete sudden stop
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- respiteShort pause from hardship
intermission · standstill · hiatus · lull · breather · interval · reprieve · abeyance · break · stoppage
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
dialogue · bargaining · concessions · compromise · envoy · arbitration · summit · peace talks · backchannel · intermediary
- Hundred Years' WarHundred Years' War, Agincourt, Poitiers, Joan of Arc, Henry V
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
- understandingsagreements, accords, pacts, treaties, deals
- ancient diplomacyenvoys, ambassadors, emissaries, peace treaties, alliances
- Gulf HistoryPersian Gulf, Gulf States, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, pearl diving
- clan alliancestreaties, pacts, blood oaths, marriage ties, confederacies
trucesdeclarations of war
Formal announcements initiating hostilities
surrenders · peace treaties · capitulations · unconditional surrenders · escalations
trucesstarts
Initiates an action
outbreaks · onsets · beginnings · declarations of war · escalations
- call a truceFormally end conflict
- flag of truceSymbol requesting ceasefire
- Christmas truceWartime holiday ceasefire
- truce talksDiscussions to halt conflict
- truce flagCloth signaling ceasefire intent
- Olympic truceWartime pause for games