To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity

• ease

  1. To move or proceed with little effort:
  2. To lessen in tension, speed, pain, etc.
  3. To alleviate; assuage:

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  1. To move or proceed with little effort:
  2. To lessen in tension, speed, pain, etc.
  3. To alleviate; assuage:

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• let up

  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen

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  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen

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• loose

  1. To let loose; release:
  2. To make less strict; relax:
  3. Loosely; in a loose manner

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  1. To let loose; release:
  2. To make less strict; relax:
  3. Loosely; in a loose manner

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• loosen

  1. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
  2. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
  3. To become loose or looser:

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  1. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
  2. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
  3. To become loose or looser:

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• slack

  1. In a slack manner:
  2. To be or become slack; slacken
  3. To be inactive or avoid work:

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  1. In a slack manner:
  2. To be or become slack; slacken
  3. To be inactive or avoid work:

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• slacken

  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
  3. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen

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  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
  3. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen

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• untighten

  1. To loosen; to make something less tight.

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  1. To loosen; to make something less tight.

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To take repose by ceasing work or other effort for an interval of time

• rest

  1. (Law) To complete the main presentation of (one's portion of a case):
  2. To be unchanged or unresolved:
  3. To give rest to; refresh by rest

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  1. (Law) To complete the main presentation of (one's portion of a case):
  2. To be unchanged or unresolved:
  3. To give rest to; refresh by rest

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• unbend

  1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
  2. To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
  3. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.

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  1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
  2. To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
  3. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.

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• unwind

  1. To straighten out or untangle (something confused or involved)
  2. To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
  3. (Intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

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  1. To straighten out or untangle (something confused or involved)
  2. To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
  3. (Intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

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To rest

• unwind

  1. To become free of nervous tension; relax:
  2. (Intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
  3. To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn

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  1. To become free of nervous tension; relax:
  2. (Intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
  3. To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn

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• repose

  1. To place (power, management, etc.) in the control of some person or group
  2. To rest from work, travel, exercise, etc.
  3. To lie dead:

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  1. To place (power, management, etc.) in the control of some person or group
  2. To rest from work, travel, exercise, etc.
  3. To lie dead:

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• recline

  1. To cause to recline.
  2. To lie or lean back or down; specif., to rest or repose lying down
  3. To be adjustable so that the occupant may recline rather than sit up:

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  1. To cause to recline.
  2. To lie or lean back or down; specif., to rest or repose lying down
  3. To be adjustable so that the occupant may recline rather than sit up:

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• settle back

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• make-oneself-at-home

  1. To make oneself comfortable as if were in one's own home.

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  1. To make oneself comfortable as if were in one's own home.

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• breathe-easy

  1. (Idiomatic) To relax or feel secure about something.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To relax or feel secure about something.

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• take-it-easy

  1. (Idiomatic) To relax or rest.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To relax or rest.

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• take-one-s-time

  1. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully.

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  1. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully.

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• take-a-break

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• sit-around

  1. To sit down and not do anything important.

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  1. To sit down and not do anything important.

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• sit-back

  1. (Idiomatic) To relax, to not exert oneself.
  2. To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To relax, to not exert oneself.
  2. To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.

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• stop work

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• lie-down

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• unbend

  1. To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
  2. To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
  3. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.

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  1. To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
  2. To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
  3. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.

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• be at ease

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• loaf

  1. (Intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
  2. To pass time at leisure; idle.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

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  1. (Intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
  2. To pass time at leisure; idle.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

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• cool-one-s-heels

  1. (Idiomatic) To wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.

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• take-a-breather

  1. (Idiomatic) To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.

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• ease off

  1. To reduce pressure; to become less serious

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  1. To reduce pressure; to become less serious

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• take-five

  1. To take a five-minute break from some activity, take a short break from some activity
  2. (Idiomatic) to break something up

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  1. To take a five-minute break from some activity, take a short break from some activity
  2. (Idiomatic) to break something up

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• slack off

  1. To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.

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  1. To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.

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• decompress

  1. (Computing) To restore compressed data to its normal size.
  2. (Informal) To become relaxed, less tense, etc.; unwind
  3. To bring (a person exposed to conditions of increased pressure) gradually back to normal atmospheric pressure.

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  1. (Computing) To restore compressed data to its normal size.
  2. (Informal) To become relaxed, less tense, etc.; unwind
  3. To bring (a person exposed to conditions of increased pressure) gradually back to normal atmospheric pressure.

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• let-one-s-hair-down

  1. (Idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself.

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To make less rigid

• loosen

  1. To make loose.
  2. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
  3. To become loose or looser:

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  1. To make loose.
  2. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
  3. To become loose or looser:

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• slacken

  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen
  3. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:

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  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen
  3. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:

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• bend

  1. To interpret or apply (a rule) in a way calculated to gain a desired end
  2. (Nautical) To fasten:
  3. To misrepresent; distort:

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  1. To interpret or apply (a rule) in a way calculated to gain a desired end
  2. (Nautical) To fasten:
  3. To misrepresent; distort:

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• ease up on

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