decompress
- v restore to its uncompressed form
decompress data - v decrease the pressure of
- v become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- Now that I am wearing a beard, I can finally reflect and decompress.
- Currently, when an astronaut's suit is punctured, he or she has to go back to the base to undress and decompress.
- Cell phones and mobile e-mail devices--to give just two examples--make it harder to get away from the office to decompress.