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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.
Detente Facts - 9: The events in Indochina slowed the US policy of detente continuing during the early 1970's, until the US involvement in the Vietnam War came to end. The United States was then able to turn its attention towards detente and resume talks about the control of nuclear arms.