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# Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-130/
- Published: 2019-12-09T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-08T18:36:52.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

The word for today is…

armistice (noun) – A temporary cessation of fighting by mutual consent; a truce.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/armistice?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Armistice descends from Latin sistere, meaning “to come to a stand” or “to cause to stand or stop,” combined with arma, meaning “weapons.” An armistice, therefore, is literally a cessation of arms. Armistice Day is the name that was given to the holiday celebrated in the United States on November 11 before it was renamed Veterans Day by Congress in 1954\. The original name refers to the agreement between the Allied Powers and Germany to end hostilities that constituted the First World War—an agreement designated to take effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.