n. | the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations), as by agreement, negotiation, or tacit understandings. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by
C. & G. Merriam Co.
Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon sought detente with Leonid Brezhnev and Russian leaders during the Cold War; similarly, Willie sometimes negotiates detente between his warring brothers.
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