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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.
reÂ·cede 1. intr.v. reÂ·cedÂ·ed, reÂ·cedÂ·ing, reÂ·cedes. 1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede.ecede. verb. 1. fall back, withdraw, retreat, draw back, return, go back, retire, back off, regress, retrogress, retrocede As she receded he waved goodbye. 2. lessen, decline, subside, abate, sink, fade, shrink, diminish, dwindle, wane, ebb The illness began to recede.