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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 dÃ©tente was known In russian as ( ÑÐ°Ð·ÑÑÐ´ÐºÐ° , razryadka loosely meaning relaxation of). Tension the period was characterized by the signing of treaties such AS Salt i and The Helsinki. Accords another, TREATY SALT, ii was discussed but never ratified by The United. statesetente dÃ©tente ended after The soviet intervention In, afghanistan which led to The United states boycott of the 1980 olympics In. moscow