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TOPIK 5verb

완화하다

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완화해요 · 완화했어요 · 완화할 거예요 · 완화하세요

to ease, to relax, to relieve, to loosen

Example

정부는 대출 규제를 일부 완화하기로 했습니다.

The government decided to partly ease loan regulations.

Word parts

완 loose화 mild

Literally 'loosening and softening'.

Good to know

Opposite: 강화하다; it works for rules (규제), tension (긴장) and symptoms (증상).