Definitions for the word "relax" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Relaxation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. a.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v.
1 make or become less stiff, rigid, or tense. 2 make or become less formal or strict (rules were relaxed). 3 reduce or abate (one''s attention, efforts, etc.). 4 cease work or effort. 5 (as relaxed adj.) At ease; unperturbed. [latin relaxo: related to *lax]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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