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Meaning of relax

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

Crossword clue for relax

- Become less tense
- Drop your guard
- Idle
- If there’s a real problem with kiss, loosen up!
- Laze
- Rex goes round Los Angeles to unwind
- Slacken
- Unwind
- Wonderland girl