Relax

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re⋅lax

[ri-laks]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.

2.	to diminish the force of.

3.	to slacken or abate, as effort, attention, etc.

4.	to make less strict or severe, as rules, discipline, etc.: to relax the requirements for a license.

5.	to release or bring relief from the effects of tension, anxiety, etc.: A short swim always relaxes me.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to become less tense, rigid, or firm.

7.	to become less strict or severe; grow milder.

8.	to reduce or stop work, effort, application, etc., esp. for the sake of rest or recreation.

9.	to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME relaxen < L relaxāre to stretch out again, loosen, equiv. to re- re- + laxāre to loosen, deriv. of laxus slack, lax

Related forms:

re⋅lax⋅a⋅tive, re⋅lax⋅a⋅tory [ri-lak-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

, adjective

re⋅lax⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 6. loosen, slacken. 2. mitigate, weaken, lessen, reduce. 4. ease. 6. unbend. 7. relent, soften.

Antonyms:
1, 6. tighten, tense.

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re·lax (rĭ-lāks')

v. re·laxed, re·lax·ing, re·lax·es

v. tr.

To make lax or loose: relax one's grip.
To make less severe or strict: relax a curfew.
To reduce in intensity; slacken: relax one's efforts.
To relieve from tension or strain: The warm bath relaxed me.

v. intr.

To take one's ease; rest.
To become lax or loose.
To become less severe or strict.
To become less restrained or tense.

[Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre : re-, re- + laxāre, to loosen (from laxus, loose; see slēg- in Indo-European roots).]
re·lax'a·ble adj.

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Word Origin & History

relax

c.1420, "to make (something) less compact or dense," from O.Fr. relaxer (14c.), from L. relaxare "relax, loosen, open," from re- "back" + laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Of persons, attested from 1837, "to become less formal;" meaning "to become less tense" is recorded from 1935. Relaxation "relief from work" first recorded 1548.

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·lax
Pronunciation: ri-'laks
Function: transitive verb
1 : to slacken or make less tense or rigid relaxing their muscles>
2 : to relieve from nervous tension
3 : to relieve from constipation <relax a mare's bowels by puttingher on wet bran> relax intransitive senses
1 of a muscle or muscle fiber : to become inactive and lengthen
2 : to cast off socialrestraint, nervous tension, or anxiety relax in crowds>

Medical Dictionary

relax re·lax (rĭ-lāks')
v. re·laxed, re·lax·ing, re·lax·es

To make or become lax or loose.
To relieve or become relieved from tension or strain.

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