Relaxed and stopped, not having started (5)
I believe the answer is:
eased
'relaxed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eased that I've seen before include "Abated" , "Relieved, mitigated" , "Allievated" , "Allayed" , "relented" .)