| Main Entry: | truce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peaceful solution |
Synonyms: |
accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather, cease-fire, cessation, de-escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite, rest, stay, suspension, temporary peace, terms, treaty, white flag, wind-down |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, fight, war |
| Main Entry: | armistice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace-establishing agreement |
Synonyms: |
ceasefire, suspension, treaty, truce |
Antonyms: |
dispute, fight, war |
| Main Entry: | cease-fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop in fighting |
Synonyms: |
armistice, suspension of hostilities, truce |
| Main Entry: | détente |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace |
Synonyms: |
amity, cooling off, equal power, harmony, relaxation, relief, tranquility, truce |
| Notes: | détente is an 'easing of tensions' and entente means 'understanding' |
| Main Entry: | moratorium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, ban, break, breather, breathing spell, deferment, delay, downtime, five, freeze, grace period, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, respite, stay, truce |
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, amity, armistice, cessation, conciliation, concord, friendship, love, neutrality, order, pacification, pacifism, reconciliation, treaty, truce, unanimity, union, unity |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, disharmony, fighting, war |
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | ceasefire agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of hostilities |
Synonyms: |
armistice, cooling-off period, olive branch, peace, stand-down, truce |
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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