Parley
noun
A meeting between two sides in a disagreement or conflict to discuss a solution.
Both parties agreed to a parley in order to address their issues.
Often appears as...
- agree to a parley
- call a parley
verb
To talk with another person or group and try to reach an agreement.
The two nations parleyed on neutral territory to deescalate their conflict.
Often appears as...
- parley with
- parley about
noun
A meeting between two sides in a disagreement or conflict to discuss a solution.
Both parties agreed to a parley in order to address their issues.
Often appears as...
- agree to a parley
- call a parley
verb
To talk with another person or group and try to reach an agreement.
The two nations parleyed on neutral territory to deescalate their conflict.
Often appears as...
- parley with
- parley about
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Parley is formal and often used in historical or official contexts.
The leaders held a parley to prevent war.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Ground
Parleys typically occur at a neutral location to ensure fairness.
The two generals met for a parley on the uninhabited island.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporariness
A parley is often a temporary pause in conflict for talks, not the end.
The factions agreed to a brief parley despite ongoing tensions.
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Parley is formal and often used in historical or official contexts.
The leaders held a parley to prevent war.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Ground
Parleys typically occur at a neutral location to ensure fairness.
The two generals met for a parley on the uninhabited island.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporariness
A parley is often a temporary pause in conflict for talks, not the end.
The factions agreed to a brief parley despite ongoing tensions.
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Parley is formal and often used in historical or official contexts.
The leaders held a parley to prevent war.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Ground
Parleys typically occur at a neutral location to ensure fairness.
The two generals met for a parley on the uninhabited island.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporariness
A parley is often a temporary pause in conflict for talks, not the end.
The factions agreed to a brief parley despite ongoing tensions.
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Quote examples
Smedley Butler
American Soldier
War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
Quote examples
Margaret of Valois
French Royalty
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
Quote examples
Smedley Butler
American Soldier
War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
Quote examples
Margaret of Valois
French Royalty
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
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