0 a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time: --
The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long.
Following last month's riots, two of the city's biggest gangs have finally declared a truce, ending years of bloodshed.
We've got to spend the weekend together, so we might as well call (= have) a truce.
After years of rivalry the two companies have agreed ( US agreed to) a truce.
1 a temporary agreement to stop fighting or arguing, or a brief interruption in a disagreement: --
I have no illusions that we will solve it now; our short-term aim is to achieve a truce and a cessation of hostilities.
We are considering what form of truce or corridors of tranquillity would be of most help to the humanitarian efforts and agreeable to all concerned.
Will breakers of the truce be punished in this case, and, if so, what punishment will be meted out?
For some years an uneasy truce, broken by border incidents, has existed.
Their deadly purpose is undeterred and unaffected by armistices and truces, preserving indefinitely the bitterness and the fear of the strife of the past.
Washington's methods not only provoked disdain among some radicals, they also robbed him of crucial allies and prevented the establishment of a truce between the two camps.
What it got instead was an uneasy truce + a truce that could fall apart with alarming speed, and with far-reaching consequences for the system's long-term stability.
This changed again after the 1921 truce, when politics came up from underground, and in 1922 and 1923, when most male activists were interned or on the run.