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olive branch

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olive branch
n.
1. A branch of an olive tree regarded as an emblem of peace.
2. An offer of peace: bore an olive branch to the new round of negotiations.
olive branch
n
1. a branch of an olive tree used to symbolize peace
2. any offering of peace or conciliation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.olive brancholive branch - something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace
peace offering
offering, offer - something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"
Translations
olive branch n → ramoscello d'olivo
olive branch n → ramoscello d'olivo


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They showed us likewise the bloody robe which that archbishop of Paris wore who exposed his sacred person and braved the wrath of the insurgents of 1848, to mount the barricades and hold aloft the olive branch of peace in the hope of stopping the slaughter.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
It was a triangular billet, on pink paper, and sealed with a dove and an olive branch, and a profusion of light blue sealing wax, and it was written in a very large, though undecided female hand.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
The general had turned up in the bosom of his family two or three days before, but not, as usual, with the olive branch of peace in his hand, not in the garb of penitence--in which he was usually clad on such occasions--but, on the contrary, in an uncommonly bad temper.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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