relax

Verb
  1. Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease (synset 200026378)
    "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
    hypernym: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    hyponym:
    synonym: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind
  2. Make less taut (synset 200420638)
    "relax the tension on the rope"
    hypernym: loose, loosen - make loose or looser
    hyponym: unbrace - remove from tension
    synonym: unbend
  3. Become loose or looser or less tight (synset 200420090)
    "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
    hypernym: weaken - become weaker
    synonym: loose, loosen
  4. Cause to feel relaxed (synset 200025647)
    "A hot bath always relaxes me"
    cause: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
    hypernym: affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
    hyponym: unbend - release from mental strain, tension, or formality
    synonym: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind
  5. Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner (synset 202608209)
    "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
    hypernym: act, behave, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
    synonym: loosen up
  6. Make less severe or strict (synset 202607993)
    "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
    hypernym: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    synonym: loosen
    verb group: loosen, relax - become less severe or strict
  7. Become less severe or strict (synset 202607805)
    "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
    hypernym: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    synonym: loosen
    verb group: loosen, relax - make less severe or strict
  8. Make less active or fast (synset 200442167)
    "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
    hypernym: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
    synonym: slack, slack up, slacken

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