exothermic
adjective
noting or pertaining to a chemical change that is accompanied by a liberation of heat (opposed to endothermic).
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Solutions may form endothermically or exothermically, depending upon the relative magnitudes of solute and solvent intermolecular attractive forces.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019