(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.
