relaxation

/ˌɹiːlækˈseɪʃən/US/ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən/

relaxation noun: the act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

Noun

relaxation (countable and uncountable, plural relaxations)

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
- relaxation of the soft palate
Remission or abatement of rigor.
Remission of attention or application.
- relaxation of efforts
- It may seem as though the safer sex message gets overplayed, stressed too much; it may have even become tired. Nonetheless, it has become evident that to abandon that message now would create complacency among people at risk for HIV infection. The end result would be a relaxation of life-saving...1989 December 3, Michael De Mayo, “A New Word In AIDS Prevention: Relapse”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 16
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
The release following musical tension.

relaxation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

relaxation in Tamil

ஒய்வெடுத்தல், இடை ஓய்வு, தளர்த்துதல், தளர்த்தல், தளர்தல், தளரல்

relaxation in Urdu

کمی

relaxation in Bengali

act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed: আরাম aram

relaxation in Telugu

సడలింపు

More languagesFewer languages

relaxation in Malayalam: അയവ്, ജോലിയിൽനിന്നുളള വിരാമം, ഉല്ലാസം
relaxation in Kannada: ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ viśrānti
relaxation in Gujarati: છૂટછાટ
relaxation in Tagalog: pahingalay, hingalay, pagpapahingalay
relaxation in Arabic: اِسْتِرْخَاءْ istirḵāʔ

Examples of relaxation in a sentence

Portugal has gone to the British government with a begging bowl asking for relaxation of quarantine restrictions.
Now cellphoned tourists, constantly alerted, chase relaxation in the Baltic sun.
But the relaxation of a few miscalibrated, onerous provisions is where this effort should end.

All 40 example sentences with relaxation

Forms of relaxation

plural	relaxations

Plural of relaxation: relaxations

Origin of relaxation

Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax + -ation.

Phrases with relaxation

Questions about relaxation

What does relaxation mean?: Relaxation means the act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
What is relaxation in Tamil?: Relaxation in Tamil is ஒய்வெடுத்தல், இடை ஓய்வு, தளர்த்துதல். See Relaxation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is relaxation?: Relaxation is a noun.
How do you pronounce relaxation?: Relaxation is pronounced /ˌɹiːlækˈseɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of relaxation?: The plural of relaxation is relaxations.

Words near relaxation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: relaxation (page history and authors); relaxation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relaxation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relaxation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); relaxation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); relaxation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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