relax
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æks
[edit] Etymology
From Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“‘relax, loosen, open’”), from re- (“‘back’”) + laxāre (“‘loosen’”), from laxus (“‘loose, free’”).
[edit] Verb
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to relax (third-person singular simple present relaxes, present participle relaxing, simple past and past participle relaxed)
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
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to make something loose
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to become loose
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to make something less severe or tense
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to become less severe or tense
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to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
to become more lenient
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to relieve (something) from stress
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[edit] Noun
relax m. inv.
- relaxation (mental or physical)
