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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peaceful solution |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather, cease-fire, cessation, de-escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite, rest, stay, suspension, temporary peace, terms, treaty, white flag, wind-down |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, fight, war |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | cease-fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop in fighting |
| Synonyms: | armistice, suspension of hostilities, truce |
| Main Entry: | détente |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace |
| Synonyms: | amity, cooling off, equal power, harmony, relaxation, relief, tranquility, truce |
| Notes: | détente is an 'easing of tensions' and entente means 'understanding' |
| Main Entry: | moratorium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, ban, break, breather, breathing spell, deferment, delay, downtime, five, freeze, grace period, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, respite, stay, truce |
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, amity, armistice, cessation, conciliation, concord, friendship, love, neutrality, order, pacification, pacifism, reconciliation, treaty, truce, unanimity, union, unity |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, disharmony, fighting, war |
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ceasefire agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of hostilities |
| Synonyms: | armistice, cooling-off period, olive branch, peace, stand-down, truce |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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