OLIVE BRANCH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

Synonyms:

olive branch; peace offering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("olive branch" is a kind of...):

offer; offering (something offered (as a proposal or bid))

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