DESTRESS Synonyms

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• coldness due to a cold environment

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

• a sudden numbing dread

• depress or discourage

• make cool or cooler

• loose heat

• restore to its uncompressed form

• decrease the pressure of

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• make less taut

• become loose or looser or less tight

• cause to feel relaxed

• become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• make less active or fast

• restore strength

• give new life or vigor to

• give moral or emotional strength to

• cause to feel better

• free or relieve (someone) of a burden

• take the burden off; remove the burden from

• reverse the winding or twisting of

• separate the tangles of

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• cause to feel relaxed

• release, as from one's grip

• be relaxed

• reduce the emphasis

• reduce the emphasis