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Pact has "peace" at its root because a pact often ends a period of unfriendly relations. The word is generally used in the field of international relations, where diplomats may speak of an "arms pact", a "trade pact", or a "fishing-rights pact". But it may also be used for any solemn agreement or promise between two people; after all, whenever two parties shake hands on a deal, they're not about to go to war with each other.
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Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The pact, first reported by the YES Network’s Jack Curry, includes an invitation to big league camp.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2025
Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense pact in June last year, and Pyongyang has also provided a significant number of missiles and munitions for Russia's war effort.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Carter’s most significant foreign policy accomplishment was the 1978 Camp David agreement, a peace pact between Israel and Egypt.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pact. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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nounMiddle English pact "agreement," from early French pact (same meaning), from Latin pactum (same meaning), derived from pacisci "to agree, contract"
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