1. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice. 2. A respite from a disagreeable state of affairs.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: truced, truc·ing, truc·es To end or be ended with a truce.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English trewes, pl. of trewe, treaty, pledge, from Old English trow. See deru- in Appendix I.
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