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armistice noun. E18.
[French, or mod. Latin armistitium, from arma arms + -stitium stoppage, after solstitium SOLSTICE.]
A cessation from hostilities; a short truce.
Comb.: Armistice Day (an anniversary of) 11 November 1918, when an armistice was concluded which ended the war of 1914-18; (since 1945 superseded by Remembrance Sunday and Veterans' Day).