armistice

[Fr. armistice; Sp. & Port. armisticio; Ital. armistizio; from Lat. arm a = arms, and sis to to cause to stand.] A short ce ation of arms for a certain stipulated time during a war; a truce, designed for negotiation or other ends. "Lastly, he required some guarantee that the king would not take advantage of the armistice for the purpose of introducing a French force into England." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. ix. "Now that an armistice has been accepted, and a conference is about to a emble to elaborate, if pos sible, terms of peace."- Times , Nov. 11, 1876.