white peace

noun

A peace agreement after a war, in which the parties do not impose onerous terms on one other.

OriginFrench paix blanche →
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Meanings

nounwhite peace (plural white peaces)

plural white peaces

  1. A peace agreement after a war, in which the parties do not impose onerous terms on one other.

    During the [First World] war, […] he [Caillaux] thought and worked alone for a "white peace".

    1925 October 7, “[Editorial Paragraphs]”, in The Nation, volume cxxi, number 3144, New York, NY, page 369

Origin

  1. Frenchpaix blanche
  2. Englishwhite peace

Calque of French paix blanche.

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