parley
parley is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce. We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. Dryden. To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.
- 2.To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace. They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore prepare. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arbitrate
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- bargain
- compromise
- consignee
- diplomacy
- diplomatics
- diplomatist
- flag
- go-between
- good
- halfway
- intercede
- intercession
- intercessor
- interfere
- interference
- intermeddling
- interpose
- interposition
- intervene
- intervention
- mediate
- mediation
- mediatization
- mediatize
- mediator
- mediatorship
- mediatory
- meet
- moderator
- negotiate
- negotiation
- negotiator
- offering
- peace
- peacemaker
- person
- propitiator
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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