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detente

noun as in passivity

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Analysts interpreted it as an immediate ripple effect of the newly established US-Cuban détente.

The hiring seemed to inaugurate a détente between Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell.

But opponents of same-sex marriage say that even in those instances there was détente after passions cooled.

This means there are more settlement construction plans to be announced, all in good time, during this so-called détente period.

Moscow objected to a speech in which she claimed that détente was impractical when the Soviet Union was “bent on world dominance.”

Il semblait, en effet, que le petit masque douloureux avait trouvé quelque détente dans quelque imaginaire vision.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to détente, such as: amity, cooling off, equal power, harmony, relaxation, and relief.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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