decompress

verb5

1. •
   To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
2. •
   (informal) To relax.

   • [T]he idea began before lockdown, when he went on holiday to Thailand to decompress from the pressures of life in the music industry. — 2025
3. •
   To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
4. •
   To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
5. •
   To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.

   • The bad news is we got eight hours in this can blowin' down… And the worse news is, it's gonna take us three weeks to decompress later. — 1989