Usually means: Easing of tension between nations.
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  1. detente: Merriam-Webster
  2. detente: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detente: Collins English Dictionary
  4. detente: Vocabulary.com
  5. Detente, detente: Wordnik
  6. detente: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. detente: Wiktionary
  8. detente: Dictionary.com
  9. detente: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. detente: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Detente (Brecker Brothers album), Detente (album), Detente (band), Detente: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. detente: Rhymezone
  13. detente: FreeDictionary.org
  14. detente: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. detente: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. detente: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. detente: Encyclopedia

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  1. detente: A Word A Day

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  1. detente: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Detente)

noun:  Alternative form of détente [(chiefly politics) A relaxing of tension, especially between countries.]

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