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detente

noun detentes

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of détente This intellectual and moral unrest is the inner reason for the continued talk on triple alliances, dual alliances, ententes and detentes. Monarchs and statesmen always seem engaged in maneuvers on the diplomatic chessboard, in order to isolate one Power and to combine others.

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@misc{detente_2026,
  title = {detente},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/detente},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}