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relax
/rɪˈlæks/ verbDefinition
PERSON [I, T] › to become happy and comfortable because nothing is worrying you, or to make someone do this: I find it difficult to relax. The wine had relaxed him and he began to talk.
LESS STIFF [I, T] › If a part of your body relaxes, it becomes less stiff, and if you relax it, you make it become less stiff: Try these exercises to relax your neck muscles.
RULES [T] › to make laws or rules less severe: The government has recently relaxed laws on bringing animals into Britain.
relaxation
/ˌriːlækˈseɪʃən/ noun [U] (Definition of relax verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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