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(1):

(n.) Relaxation.

(2):

(a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

(3):

(v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

(4):

(n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

(7):

(n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

(8):

(v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

(9):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Relax'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/relax.html. 1828.
 
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