STRAITENING 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)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• affording physical or mental rest

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• make easier

• To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.