Definition of relax

• n. - 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.
• n. - 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 one's attention or endeavors.
• n. - Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
• n. - To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
• v. i. - To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
• v. i. - To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
• v. i. - To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
• n. - Relaxation.
• a. - Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.