detente - Definition from the POLITICS topic - POLITICS

Topic: POLITICS

Date:	1900-2000
Language:	French
Origin:	détente, from Old French destendre 'to loosen', from tendre 'to stretch'

détente
noun

dé‧tente , detente See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

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[uncountable]

PGPP a time or situation in which two countries that are not friendly towards each other agree to behave in a more friendly way

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