status quo ante

noun

Etymology

From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”).

  1. derived from stātus quō ante — “the way things were before

Definitions

  1. The state of things as they were before

    The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs.

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