Something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace.
synonym: peace offering.
Roget 723:
pacification,
conciliation;
reconciliation,
reconcilement;
shaking of hands,
accommodation,
arrangement,
adjustment;
terms,
compromise;
amnesty,
deed of release.
peace offering;
olive branch;
calumet of peace,
preliminaries of peace.
truce,
armistice;
suspension of arms,
suspension of hostilities,
stand-down;
breathing time;
convention;
modus vivendi [Lat.];
flag of truce,
white flag,
parlementaire [Fr.],
cartel†.
hollow truce,
pax in bello [Lat.];
drawn battle.
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Roget 129:
infant,
babe,
baby,
babe in arms;
nurseling,
suckling,
yearling,
weanling;
papoose,
bambino;
kid;
vagitus.
child,
bairn [Scot.],
little one,
brat,
chit,
pickaninny,
urchin;
bantling,
bratling†;
elf.
youth,
boy,
lad,
stripling,
youngster,
youngun,
younker†,
callant†,
whipster†,
whippersnapper,
whiffet [U.S.],
schoolboy,
hobbledehoy,
hopeful,
cadet,
minor,
master.
scion;
sap,
seedling;
tendril,
olive branch,
nestling,
chicken,
larva,
chrysalis,
tadpole,
whelp,
cub,
pullet,
fry,
callow;
codlin, codling;
foetus,
calf,
colt,
pup,
foal,
kitten;
lamb,
lambkin†;
aurelia†,
caterpillar,
cocoon,
nymph,
nympha†,
orphan,
pupa,
staddle†.
girl;
lass,
lassie;
wench,
miss,
damsel,
demoiselle;
maid,
maiden;
virgin;
hoyden.
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Polish: gałąź oliwna, gałązka oliwna