de-escalation

See also: deescalation

English

Alternative forms

• deescalation

Etymology

de- +‎ escalation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌɛskəˈleɪʃən/

Noun

de-escalation (countable and uncountable, plural de-escalations)

1. A decrease in scope, extension or severity.

   Antonym: escalation

   • 2023 October 22, Jason Burke, “The week the world tried to stop Gaza spinning out of control”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The efforts at de-escalation have been many and varied. The most obvious have been high-level visits to Israel from US, UK and German leaders.

Related terms

• de-escalate

Translations

a decrease in scope, extension or severity

• Belarusian: дээскалацыя f (deeskalacyja)
• Catalan: desescalada (ca) f
• Finnish: lievittäminen (fi), liennyttäminen (fi) (making less serious)
• French: désescalade (fr) f
• Georgian: დეესკალაცია (deesḳalacia)
• German: Deeskalation (de) f
• Greek: αποκλιμάκωση (el) f (apoklimákosi)
• Indonesian: deeskalasi (id)
• Polish: deeskalacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: desescalada f
• Russian: деэскала́ция (ru) f (deeskalácija)
• Spanish: desescalada (es) f
• Ukrainian: деескала́ція f (deeskalácija)