unstrain

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verb

To relieve from strain; to relax.

Similar
relaxunlaxloosen upunwindmake relaxed
Opposite
strain
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Meanings

verbunstrain (third-person singular simple present unstrains, present participle unstraining, simple past and past participle unstrained)

present singular third person unstrains · participle present unstraining · participle past unstrained · past unstrained

  1. transitiveTo relieve from strain; to relax.

    Then, to prison of the night Did condemn those sisters bright, There for ever to remain, 'Less they could the knot unstrain

    1611, Ben Jonson, Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to feel relaxed

Similar
relaxunlaxloosen upunwindmake relaxed
Opposite
strain
Broader
affect
Also see
loosen uprelaxunlaxunwind

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + strain.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

unstrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrain

MLA

“unstrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstrain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrain.

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