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   Truce

   /tro͞os/

   

   noun

   • 1. an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time: "the guerrillas called a three-day truce"

   Word Origin Middle Englishtrewes, trues (plural), from Old English trēowa, plural of trēow ‘belief, trust’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trouw and German Treue, also to true.

   Derivatives

   • 1. truceless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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