Decompression has several meanings, some of which are covered by several articles:

• Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression
• Decompression (physics), the release of pressure and the opposition of physical compression
  • Decompression (altitude). the reduction of pressure and the related physiological effects due to increase in altitude or other equivalent reduction of ambient pressure below normal atmospheric pressure
  • Uncontrolled decompression, catastrophic reduction of pressure in accidents involving pressure vessels such as aircraft
  • Decompression (diving), the reduction in pressure and the process of allowing dissolved inert gases to be eliminated from the tissues during ascent from a dive
• Decompression (comics), in comic book storytelling, is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words.
• Decompression (surgery), a procedure used to reduce pressure on a compressed structure, such as spinal decompression
  • Herniated disc decompression, a form of treatment for Spinal disc herniation, employed by chiropractors
• "Decompression" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the American television fiction series The Outer Limits