Plural of armistice; agreements between warring parties to stop fighting, usually temporary truces or cessations of hostilities.
From Latin armistitium, combining arma ('weapons') and -stit- ('to stand still'), literally meaning 'a standing still of weapons,' evolving to mean a truce.
The most famous armistice is the WWI ceasefire on November 11, 1918—originally meant to be temporary, it stuck around so hard we still celebrate it as Armistice Day!
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