peace treaty

noun

: an agreement to stop fighting a war

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That began to change in 2016 when the government signed a peace treaty with cocaine-trafficking rebels. John Otis, NPR, 30 May 2026 While not part of the Abraham Accords, Egypt normalized relations with Israel in 1979 and Jordan established formal diplomatic ties with Israel in a 1994 peace treaty. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 May 2026 Decades of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has stopped, but unresolved disputes remain, and neither side has signed a formal, comprehensive peace treaty. Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 While the peace treaty prevented further confiscation of loyalist property, his property was not restored. Kimberly Nath, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for peace treaty

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“Peace treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20treaty. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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