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Pact has "peace" at its root because a pact often ends a period of unfriendly relations. The word is generally used in the field of international relations, where diplomats may speak of an "arms pact", a "trade pact", or a "fishing-rights pact". But it may also be used for any solemn agreement or promise between two people; after all, whenever two parties shake hands on a deal, they're not about to go to war with each other.
Examples of pact in a Sentence
Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Netflix’s headline-grabbing $82 billion pact for Warner Bros‘ studios and streaming assets toplines deals announced in 2025.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
Many of the reforms were already underway when the pact was signed.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
In February 2021, the two countries agreed to an extension of the pact for another five years.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pact. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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nounMiddle English pact "agreement," from early French pact (same meaning), from Latin pactum (same meaning), derived from pacisci "to agree, contract"
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