noun
Origin: Fr détente < détendre, to relax, unbend < dé- (L dis-), from + tendre, to stretch: see tend
See detent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French détente, a loosening
Origin: , from Old French destente
Origin: , from
Origin: feminine past participle of destendre, to release
Origin: : des-, de-
Origin: + tendre, to stretch (from Latin tendere; see ten- in Indo-European roots)
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