Definition of "detente" [detente]

• Alternative form of détente. (noun)

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• "Through this offensive, originally carried out in secret, which it described as detente, the racist regime sought to isolate the ANC from independent"
• "Dog/cat detente is still on the level of demilitarized zones, alas."
• "While we remained on the defensive or engaged in detente with the communists during the Cold War, the enemy continued to war against us indefinitely."