plural truces
: an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting, arguing, etc., for a certain period of time
They called/proposed a truce.
There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months.
They broke the truce. [=they began fighting when there was an agreement not to fight]
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/truce. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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