status quo ante bellum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status quō ante bellum (literally “situation as it existed before the war”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛləm

Noun

status quo ante bellum

  1. A situation as it existed prior to the war (often implying the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of pre-war leadership, so that no side gains or loses any rights or territory as a result of the war).
    Antonym: uti possidetis
    return to the status quo ante bellum
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