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.
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.
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"
become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
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