[rɪˈlaks], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become less tense or anxious
(e.g: he relaxed and smiled confidently)

- make (a rule or restriction) less strict
(e.g: the ministry relaxed some of the restrictions)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin relaxare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + laxus ‘lax, loose’