Definition of "relax"

relax

/ɹɪˈlæks/

verb
third-person singular simple present relaxes, present participle relaxing, simple past and past participle relaxed
1. (transitive) To calm down.
2. (transitive) To make something loose.
  Quotations
  Horror […] all his joynts relax'd.
  1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
3. (intransitive) To become loose.
  Quotations
  I relax in the living room. Audio (US)(file)
  2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
4. (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
5. (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
6. (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  Quotations
  The statute of mortmain […] was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
  1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
  The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."
  1953, “Section 2. Jurisdiction”, in Edward Samuel Corwin, editor, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation‎, page 589
7. (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
8. (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
9. (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

Definition of "relax"

relax

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