relax

relax
verb
1 REST (I, T) to feel calm and comfortable and stop worrying, or to make someone do this: After a hard day's work, relax in the swimming pool. | Relax - I'm sure the kids will be back any minute. | relax sth/sb: A nice hot bath should help to relax you.
2 LOOSEN (I, T) if you relax a part of your body or it relaxes, it becomes less stiff or less tight: Gentle exercise can relax stiff shoulder muscles.
3 relax your hold/grip
a) to hold something less tightly than before: Molassi relaxed his grip on my arm.
b) to become less strict in the way you control something: It seemed unlikely that Britain would willingly relax her grip on the territories.
4 relax rules/controls/regulations etc to make rules etc less strict: Hughes believes that immigration controls should not be relaxed.
5 relax your vigilance/concentration etc to reduce the amount of attention you give to something

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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