armistice
noun
definition: an agreement by warring parties to suspend hostilities; truce.
example: The people were jubilant when they learned of the armistice that brought an end to the war..
“By July 23 the Great Eastern was lying no farther than 800 kilometers from Newfoundland when it received telegraphed news from Ireland of an armistice signed between Prussia and Austria after the Battle of Sadova.” (Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, 1870)
“I was told at Versailles that St. Cloud had been set on fire on the morning after the last sortie, and that although many houses were still burning when the armistice was signed, none had subsequently been either pillaged or burnt.” (Henry LaBouchere, Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris, 1871)
Word History
The word “armistice” entered English from French in the early 1700s. Its origin was the Latin armistitium, from arma (arms or weaponry) + –stitium (a standing still or stoppage).