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.
Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean the same as what has been said; for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December. The first recorded use of ditto in English occurs in such a construction in 1625. (ËdÉªtÉÊ).