Take a load off
Publish date: 2024-06-08
| • | 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. |
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