meaning of relax
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.
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 ones attention or endeavors.
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.
5. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let ones grasp relax.
6. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
7. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
8. Relaxation.
9. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
10. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes
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