Relax(a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Relax(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.
Relax(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.
Relax(n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
Relax(n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Relax(n.) Relaxation.
Relax(v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
Relax(v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Relax(v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Relaxable(a.) Capable of being relaxed.
Relaxant(n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
Relaxation(n.) The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
Relaxation(n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
Relaxative(a.) Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
Relaxative(n.) A relaxant.
Relaxed(imp. & p. p.) of Relax
Relaxing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relax
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