white peace
English
Etymology
From white and peace. Calque of French paix blanche.
Noun
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, volume cxxi, number 3144, New York, NY, page 369:
- During the [First World] war, […] he [Caillaux] thought and worked alone for a "white peace".