PROTENSION Antonyms

• steadiness of mind under stress

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

• (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

• a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount

• the act of making less strict

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• the absence of mental stress or anxiety

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• put or confide something in a person or thing

• be inherent or innate in

• lie when dead

• lean in a comfortable resting position

• put in a horizontal position

• to put something (eg trust) in something

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• the act of retaining something

• the power of retaining and recalling past experience

• the power of retaining liquid

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• calmness without winds

• a state of no motion or movement

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• a state of peace and quiet