meaning of relaxes

1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
2.
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax ones attention or endeavors.
3.
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
4.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
5.
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let ones grasp relax.
6.
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
7.
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
8.
Relaxation.
9.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
10.
cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes ">me"


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