as in relaxes
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner
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relaxes
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Also, closing your mouth a bit relaxes your jaw muscles and gives you more space back there.—
Elizabeth Cohen,
NBC news,
24 Aug. 2025 -
But the new guidance relaxes those limits.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Decompresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decompresses. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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