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/rɪlˈækst/ /rilˈækst/ Listen

verb

Relax v. t. (past & past part. relaxed; pres. part. relaxing)

1.

To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. "Horror... all his joints relaxed." "Nor served it to relax their serried files."

2.

To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. "The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature."

3.

Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

4.

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

Synonyms: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.

Relax v. i.

1.

To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. "His knees relax with toil."

2.

To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. "In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein."

3.

To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

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Etymology of 'Relaxed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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