dawntruce
/ˈdɔːnˌtruːs/nounVerified NewAlso in: Morgenwaffenruhe (Deutsch) · albaturva (Español) · aubetrêve (Français)
The ceasefire with insomnia that arrives with the first light, when the mind finally stands down.
The dawntruce is not victory; it is exhaustion's diplomacy. The worries do not resolve — they simply lose their night mandate, and the sleeper is granted twenty minutes of occupied territory before the alarm. Everyone who has waited for light knows the exact terms.
Etym. — dawn + truce — the military metaphor for the specific relief of the sleepless at first light; a truce is precisely a cessation without resolution.
Rel. — worryshift
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