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RELAX

Definition:

1. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
   
   
2. [verb] make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"
   Synonyms: unbend
   
   
3. [verb] become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
   Synonyms: loosen, loose
   
   
4. [verb] cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
   Synonyms: unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make ed
   
   
5. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: loosen up
   
   
6. [verb] make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
   Synonyms: loosen
   
   
7. [verb] become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
   Synonyms: loosen
   
   
8. [verb] make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
   Synonyms: slack, slacken, slack up
   
   

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Related Words:

• vege out, vegetate
• sit back, take it easy
• unbrace
• unbend

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