Hi
Could you please tell me which words work here?
(After the lost baby is found)
The tension that had pervaded the house for one full week finally ____________________.
eased
abated
lessened
Thanks,
Tom
If there is remaining tension, any will work. If the tension is gone then it depends on how fast it went away: dissolved faded evaporated vanished dissipated
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If there is remaining tension, any will work.
If the tension is gone then it depends on how fast it went away:
dissolved
faded
evaporated
vanished
dissipated