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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.
Though the Cold War was far from over, detente was a period of mutual acceptance by both superpowers. Though their ideological and economic systems may have rendered them incompatible, they acknowledged that there had to be systems for communicating and working together.oviet imports of Western consumer goods also increased sharply, doubling by 1979. 1. Detente was a period of improved relations between the superpowers, leading to less hostility and confrontation.