Relax

re-laks', v. [-laxed (-laksf), -laxing.] To make le close, firm, rigid, or tense; to make le severe or rigorous, abate the stringency of; to slacken, remit; to relieve from attention or effort; to relieve from constipation; to open. — v. To become loosened or feeble; to be made lax; to abate in severity to remit in close attention or effort. [L. relax are, -atwn; laxare, to loose, slacken.] — Relax'able, a. — Relaxation, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. remi ion of closene , firmne , tension, rigor, effort, or constipation remi ion from attention and effort. [F.] — Relax"'ative, a. Haying the quality of relaxing; laxative. — Release', -les', v. [-leased (-lest'), -leasing.] To set free from confinement, five liberty to; to relieve from something that connes, burdens, or oppre es; to let go (a legal claim), discharge, quit, acquit. — n. Act of, or state of being, etc. relief from care, pain, or any burden discharge from obligation or responsibility. (Law.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim a quitclaim acquittance discharge. [OF. rele ier, L. relax are.] — Releas'able, a. — Release'ment, n. Act of releasing.— Releas'er, n.— Re'le ee', -se', n. One to whom a release is executed. — Re'le or', -sor', n. The person who executes a release.