Look up: detente

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   detente
   [n] - the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
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   détente
   Reduction of political tension and the easing of strained relations between nations, as seen in the ending of the Cold War 1989-90. The term was first used in the 1970s to describe the new easing...
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   detente
   noun the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
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   Détente
   `Détente` is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s. Generally, it may be applied to any international situation where previously hostile nations not involved in an open war de-escalate tensions through diplomacy and confidence building measures. However, it is primarily used in reference to the general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United Sta...
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   détente
   (from the article `international relations`) Nixon, Kissinger, and the détente experimentGeneral Secretary Brezhnev and President Nixon were understandably optimistic in the wake of the endorsement by the 24th Party Congress of the Soviet ... ...registration for the draft, withdrew the SALT II treaty from the Senate, and proclaim...
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   detente
   detente In mechanics, a part that stops or releases a movement, as a catch for controlling the striking of a clock.
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