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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. Detente is a term usually associated with the relations between America, Russia and China. The world experienced much detente during the 1970s for a number of reasons: Vietnam â The war in Vietnam shocked people. She was also fearful of what the USA had done in nuclear weapons.