white peace
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English
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Etymology
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Calque
of
French
paix blanche
.
Noun
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white
peace
(
plural
white peaces
)
A
peace
agreement
after a
war
, in which the
parties
do not
impose
onerous
terms
on one other.
1925
October 7, “
[
Editorial Paragraphs
]
”, in
The Nation
[1]
, volume cxxi, number
3144
, New York, NY, page
369
:
During the [First World] war,
[
…
]
he [Caillaux] thought and worked alone for a "
white peace
".
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