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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

relaxation
    n 1: (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or
         muscle fibers
    2: (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium
       after a disturbance [syn: relaxation, relaxation
       behavior]
    3: a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension
       or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping" [syn:
       easiness, relaxation]
    4: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the
       relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip";
       "the slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation, loosening,
       slackening]
    5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
       "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease,
       repose, relaxation]
    6: a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a
       solution and then reducing the errors that result by
       successive approximations until all the errors are less than
       some specified amount [syn: relaxation, relaxation
       method]
    7: the act of making less strict [syn: liberalization,
       liberalisation, relaxation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Relaxation \Re`lax*a"tion\ (r?`l?ks-?"sh?n;277), n. [L.
   relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation.]
   1. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being
      relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a
      law.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in
      recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless
      relaxation." --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for relaxation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abatement, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, amusement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, bagginess, blunting, calming, carelessness, comfort, contraction, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, demulsion, depreciation, depression, devitalization, dilution, diminishment, diminution, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease, easiness, easing, easygoingness, effemination, enervation, enfeeblement, enjoyment, entertainment, evisceration, exhaustion, extenuation, fade-out, falling-off, fatigue, fun, hushing, impotence, imprecision, inactivity, inanition, indifference, languishment, laxation, laxity, laxness, leisure, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, looseness, loosening, lowering, lulling, mellowing, miniaturization, mirth, mitigation, moderation, modulation, mollification, mollifying, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pacification, padding, palliation, passe-temps, pastime, permissiveness, pleasure, quiet, quietening, quieting, recreation, reduction, regalement, relaxedness, relief, remission, remissness, repose, rest, restfulness, ricketiness, sagging, scaling down, shakiness, simplicity, slackening, slackness, sleep, sloppiness, softening, softening-up, softness, solace, soothing, subduement, subtraction, tempering, thinning, tranquilization, tranquillity, unbuttoned ease, unrestraint, weakening, weakness

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