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Adjective

relaxed (comparative more relaxed, superlative most relaxed)

1. (obsolete) Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
   • It was a very wet morning. I woke relaxed and melancholy as in the country, and walked about an hour under cover, in the middle of the town […].1790, James Boswell, edited by Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 54
2. Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
   • The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.

   Synonyms:

   clement, easygoing, soft-handed, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive

3. Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
   • He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.

   Synonyms:

   easygoing, laid-back, unconcerned, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous

   Antonyms:

   anxious, nervous, stressed

4. Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
5. Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.

Verb

relax (third-person singular simple present relaxes, present participle relaxing, simple past and past participle relaxed)

1. (transitive) To make something loose.
   • to relax a rope or cord
   1. (dated, transitive) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
      • An aperient relaxes the bowels.
2. (intransitive) To become loose.

   Synonyms:

   expand

3. (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
   • Amusement relaxes the mind.
4. (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
   • I like to relax by listening to music.

   Synonyms:

   chill out, unwind

5. (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
   • to relax discipline

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