armistice
noun
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Armistice descends from Latin sistere, meaning "to come to a stand" or "to cause to stand or stop," combined with arma, meaning "weapons." An armistice, therefore, is literally a cessation of arms. Armistice Day is the name that was given to the holiday celebrated in the United States on November 11 before it was renamed Veterans Day by Congress in 1954. The original name refers to the agreement between the Allied Powers and Germany to end hostilities that constituted the First World War—an agreement designated to take effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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Michael Mitsanas and Chou Lee / Seoul, TIME, 13 June 2024
The countries have been cut off from each other since the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 9 June 2024
But Netanyahu and his proxies began systematically attacking Obama—tellingly, for taking positions that were close to a policy consensus at the time, such as the president’s 2011 support for a two-state solution using the 1967 borders, the 1949 armistice lines, with adjustments.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2024
Israeli proposals for the return of the refugees at the 1949 Rhodes and Lausanne armistice conferences were rejected by the Arabs because of their requirement of a peace treaty granting Arab recognition of Israel.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
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“Armistice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armistice. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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