- relax⇄noun relaxer.
- relax⇄relax, transitive verb.
1. to make less stiff or firm; loosen.
Ex. Relax your muscles to rest them.
2. to make less strict or severe; lessen in force.
Ex. Discipline was relaxed on the last day of school. Gloria ... slowly relaxes - relax⇄v.i. 1. to become less tense or firm; loosen up.
Ex. Relax when you dance. Her compressed lips relaxed as she became less angry.
2. to become less strict or severe; grow milder.
Ex. Alick ... never relaxed into the frivolity of unneces