Usually means: Easing of tension between nations.
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  6. detente: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  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
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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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