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relieved

 adjective
     
re‧lieved
feeling happy because you are no longer worried about something [↪ relief]
greatly/immensely/extremely etc relieved
She looked immensely relieved when she heard the news.
relieved to see/hear/know something
His mother was relieved to see him happy again.
relieved (that)
I felt relieved that Ben would be there.
A relieved smile spread over his face.
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