peace treaty

noun

: an agreement to stop fighting a war

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The two countries were last at war in 1973, but signed a peace treaty in 1979 with the Camp David accords. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 Technically, North and South Korea have been at war since 1950 when an armistice, not a peace treaty, was reached in 1953. John Weaver, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025 Perhaps his greatest achievement was a historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, known as the Camp David Accords. CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024 The Japanese government has been persistently pursuing negotiations under the policy of resolving the issue of the ownership of the Northern Territories and concluding a peace treaty. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peace treaty

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“Peace treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20treaty. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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