detente

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A form of détente — Relaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this.

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Meanings

noundetente (countable and uncountable, plural detentes)

plural detentes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of détente.

    This intellectual and moral unrest is the inner reason for the continued talk on triple alliances, dual alliances, ententes and detentes. Monarchs and statesmen always seem engaged in maneuvers on the diplomatic chessboard, in order to isolate one Power and to combine others.

    1908 July 23, Theodor Barth, “Germany’s Political Position”, in The Independent, volume LXV, number 3112, New York, N.Y.: The Independent, […], →OCLC, page 197, column 1
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