olive branch

Speech parts

1. olive branch - Noun

2. olive branch - Verb

Meaning

something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

olive-branch

Synonyms

peace offering reconciliation cessation truce olive oil cease-fire peace treaty olive tree peace pipe white flag dove of peace peace agreement peace offer offer of peace gesture of conciliation
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Antonyms

battle detestation conflict combat warfare confrontation
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Hypernyms

offer offering

Examples

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. Yasser Arafat

I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. Mahmoud Abbas

Today I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat, do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. Yasser Arafat

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love. Leonard Cohen

We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility. Paloma Picasso

So here we extend our hand to you in reconciliation, and we extend the olive branch to resume the path that we began in Madrid and Oslo. Yasser Arafat

Close letter words and terms

olive baboon olive berry olive box olive branch offering olive branches olive bread