as in to relax
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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Recent Examples of decompress
The unit offers confidential counseling, requires annual wellness checks and provides officers a space to decompress after traumatic calls.
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Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
With this extra tension comes a feeling of extra weight, so give yourself more space than usual to rest and decompress.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
The holiday season is here, which will soon allow Louisville students the time to decompress from the day-to-day stress of school with a winter vacation.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Dec. 2025
For anyone who’s ever tried to decompress after a brutal work week, this is the move.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Nov. 2025
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relax
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The post included snaps of her posing on travels, relaxing on a beach and in a gym during her pregnancy.—
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The new law relaxed aspects of the 2017 framework, removing much of municipalities’ ability to regulate AVs within city or county limits.—
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“Decompress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decompress. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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