unbrace

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: un=brace

CIDE DICTIONARY

unbrace, v. t. [1st pref. un- + brace.].

 To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unbrace, v.tr.
1 (also absol.) free from tension; relax (the nerves etc.).
2 remove a brace or braces from.

ROGET THESAURUS

unbrace

Weakness

VB be weak, drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate, unbrace, unnerve, cripple, unman, cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of, dilute, impoverish, decimate, extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin.