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‖ détente|detɑ̃t|
[Fr., = loosening, relaxation.]
The easing of strained relations, esp. in a political situation.
1908Times 17 Aug. 5/4 A change in the European situation..had..set in... The characteristic feature of this transformation may be called a détente. 1921Von Hügel in L. S. Hunter John Hunter 213 The profound impression of a comforting détente made upon my mind by my first contact with his spirit. 1928Daily Tel. 29 May 9/5 To bring about an early détente in Turco-Persian relations. 1940Ann. Reg. 1939 182 The very slight détente..which had followed the signature of the Franco-German accord..had brought her [sc. France] no real tranquillity. 1955Times 6 June 7/7 The sense of détente is not to the liking of the party zealots who cry for more revolutionary fervour under the leadership of the party. |