untense

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tense.

Adjective

untense (comparative more untense, superlative most untense)

1. Not tense.

Verb

untense (third-person singular simple present untenses, present participle untensing, simple past and past participle untensed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be no longer tense; to relax or loosen.
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     It's incredible the wave of relaxation that has swept over me in the past few hours. Walking down the street, I didn't even have to concentrate on untensing in my facial muscles (which I realize are so often twisted up).

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