Unstrain

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To relieve from strain; to relax. transitive
"Then, to prison of the night Did condemn those sisters bright, There for ever to remain, 'Less they could the knot unstrain"
2
cause to feel relaxed wordnet

Synonyms

abate bate ease ease off ease up let down

Antonyms

Example

"Then, to prison of the night Did condemn those sisters bright, There for ever to remain, 'Less they could the knot unstrain"

Etymology

From un- + strain.

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