Not to be confused with a free thinker. A believer is a bird in a cage, a Freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing -- Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 - 1899) by JoeBloggs April 10, 2005
Confidence votes 319K. The French to English translation for the word 'detente' is 'relaxation'. The word can also mean lessening, thaw, or trigger. There is also a detente in Spanish, which can mean detain, arrest, or restrain.
Hypernyms (detente is a kind of...): alleviation; easement; easing; relief (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)) Desperate diseases must have desperate cures. (English proverb) The arrow of the accomplished master will not be seen when it is released; only when it hits the target.. (Bhutanese proverb) Visit rarely, and you will be more loved..