armistice
AR-mih-stisnounMeaning an agreement between two sides at war to stop fighting
Memory hook ARMS STILL: ARMI-STICE. The two kings shake hands over a signed scroll, and both armies put down their arms and stand still. The armistice ends the war.
The armistice was signed at dawn, and by noon the fighting had stopped all along the border.
In context After four long years of war, the armistice finally brought the fighting to an end, though the two nations still needed months to work out a full peace treaty.
Similar ceasefire, truce, peace agreement
Opposite war, hostilities
From Modern Latin armistitium: arma (weapons) + -stitium (a standing still), formed like solstice.