Something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace.

synonym: olive branch.

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.    ... show more

Roget 952: atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation etc. 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; indemnification, redress.    amends, apology, amende honorable^†, satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering; scapegoat, sacrifice.    penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration^†; purgation, purgatory.    ... show more

Roget 724: mediation, mediatorship^†, mediatization^†; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce etc. 723; good offices, peace offering; parley, negotiation; diplomatics^†, diplomacy; compromise etc. 774.    [person who mediates] mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace^†, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist etc. (consignee) 758; moderator; propitiator; umpire.    ... show more

Roget 784: giving etc. v.; bestowal, bestowment^†, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award.    almsgiving^†, charity, liberality, generosity.    [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau^†; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.].    grace, act of grace, bonus.    allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.    bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation^†, dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance etc. 783; amortization.    alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule^†, donative^†, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula^†, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail^†, douceur [Fr.], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld [G.], bakshish^†; fee etc. (recompense) 973; consideration.    bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle [Slang], graft, grease [Slang]; blat [Rus.].    giver, grantor etc. v.; donor, feoffer^†, settlor.    ... show more

Polish: gałąź oliwna, gałązka oliwna