Détente

noun/deɪˈtɑnt/politics

Definition

An easing of strained or hostile relations, especially between countries.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“loosening, relaxing”), from Latin *dētendita, a feminine singular participle of dētendō (“to relax”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from; of’) + tendō (“to stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to stretch”)).

In a sentence

The two teams reached a détente over the shared schema.