the.com/truce
a handshake between two fists that haven't unclenched yet
means a temporary agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a while.
from From Middle English 'trewes,' the plural of 'trewe' meaning faith, pledge, or promise — going back to Old English 'trēow' (faith, good faith), a relative of 'true' and 'trust.' So a truce is literally a swapping of good-faith promises, the plural form sticking because a pledge meant nothing unless both sides made one.
- latin root
- from a word meaning faith or covenant
- christmas 1914
- enemies sang carols, swapped gifts, played soccer
- not peace
- merely pausing war, never ending it
- olympic origin
- ancient Greeks halted wars for the games
- weaponized
- flags of truce have masked countless ambushes
for instance
christmas truce 1914 — british and german soldiers stopped fighting on the western front on christmas day and sang carols together