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Answer for the clue "Relieved ", 8 letters:
loosened

Alternative clues for the word loosened

Word definitions for loosened in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: loosen )

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. straightened out [syn: disentangled , unsnarled ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
loosened \loosened\ adj. having constraints removed. Syn: freed. straightened out; untangled. Syn: disentangled, unsnarled.

Usage examples of loosened.

My fingers reluctantly loosened, and he beat a tactful retreat, sloshing half the drink as he went.

My brush was right where I always left it, and a knot of worry loosened as I tossed it into the box.

Take some food or drink with you to get the jaws loosened up and the saliva moving.

The pain in my head loosened my jaws, and I spun from my tail as he held me.

When his grip loosened, I shoved him away and rolled off the mattress.

I rolled, snatching the pendant from her loosened grasp and snapping it from her vocollar.

As I shook my loosened hair, I slipped the knife in my palm, holding it in place with my thumb.

Slowly, the hand loosened, trailing down his legs before the Haelian crumpled to the ground.

It smelled so sweet and soft and fresh under that sky, pied of blue, and of white and light-grey swift-moving clouds--not half the wind down here that there was up there, just enough to be carrying off the beech and oak leaves, loosened by frost two days before.

Rosek began playing, his eyes fixed on the girl, and his mouth loosened from compression in a sweetish smile.

She sat down on the wet grass, clasping her arms round her drawn-up legs, rocking herself to and fro, and her loosened hair fell over her face.

While Hercules Atlas poured two cups full of wine, Sulla loosened the strings holding the mouth of the purse shut, and deftly palmed a plump screw of paper he fished out of its interior.

It was only a matter of a few minutes, however, before their bonds were loosened and the gags removed.

It was slow work, for he had but one hand free, but in their haste the smugglers had not tied the knot as firmly as they should, and before long Fenton Hardy had loosened it to such an extent that soon the ends of the rope fell away.

Fenton Hardy dug his knee sharply against the man and Malloy loosened his grasp, with a groan of pain.