What does detente mean?

n. A situation where countries that were not friendly before start to become more friendly and work together.

detente

🇺🇸 /ˌdeɪˈtɑːnt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdeɪˈtɑːnt/

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A situation where countries that were not friendly before start to become more friendly and work together.

The leaders worked to establish a period of detente between the two nations.

A situation where countries that were not friendly before start to become more friendly and work together.