INSTRESSING Antonyms

• the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

• providing freedom from worry

• affording comfort or solace

• a change for the better

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• affording physical or mental rest

• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• relieve oneself of troubling information

• provide relief for

• free from a burden, evil, or distress

• take by stealing

• grant exemption or release to

• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

• 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