Definition of "armistice" []

• A temporary cessation of fighting by mutual consent; a truce. (noun)

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• "An armistice is a cessation; it leaves to a peace agreement the actual setting of borders and boundaries."
• "These efforts resulted in armistice agreements between the new state of Israel and four of its Arab neighbours:"
• "The proposal was, as I have said, a daring one, for an armistice is more than a cease-fire; an armistice, in the accepted meaning of the word, is in effect a preliminary to peace."