intransitive verb. To make lax or loose.

intransitive verb. To make less severe or strict.

intransitive verb. To reduce in intensity; slacken.

intransitive verb. To relieve from tension or strain.

intransitive verb. To take one's ease; rest.

intransitive verb. To become lax or loose.

intransitive verb. To become less severe or strict.

intransitive verb. To become less restrained or tense.

Relaxed; loose.

noun. Relaxation.

To slacken; make more lax or less tense or rigid; loosen; make less close or firm: as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.

To make less severe or rigorous; remit or abate in strictness: as, to relax a law or rule.

To remit or abate in respect to attention, assiduity, effort, or labor: as, to relax study; to relax exertions or efforts.

To relieve from attention or effort; afford a relaxation to; unbend: as, conversation relaxes the mind of the student.

To abate; take away.

To relieve from constipation; loosen; open: as, medicines relax the bowels.

To set loose or free; give up or over.

Synonyms To loose, unbrace, weaken, enervate, debilitate.

To mitigate, ease.

To divert, recreate.

To become loose, feeble, or languid.

To abate in severity; become more mild or less rigorous.

To remit in close attention; unbend.

intransitive verb. To become lax, weak, or loose.

intransitive verb. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

intransitive verb. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend.

adjective. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

noun. Relaxation.

transitive verb. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open

transitive verb. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort

transitive verb. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert.

transitive verb. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

verb. To calm down.

verb. To make something loose.

verb. To become loose.

verb. To make something less severe or tense.

verb. To become less severe or tense.

verb. To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

verb. To become more lenient.

verb. To relieve (something) from stress.

verb. make less taut

verb. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

verb. cause to feel relaxed

verb. make less active or fast

verb. make less severe or strict

verb. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner

verb. become less severe or strict

verb. become loose or looser or less tight

"The word 'simplify,' the word 'sanctuary,' the word 'relax.'"