relax

Signification (Anglais)

1. To calm down.
2. To make something loose.
3. To become loose.
4. To make something less severe or tense.
5. To become less severe or tense.
6. To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
7. To become more lenient.
8. To relieve (something) from stress.
9. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

Concepts

relâcher

détendre

se détendre

reposer

se relâcher

se reposer

décontracter

assouplir

se relaxer

libéraliser

relaxer

se délasser

faire comme chez soi

adoucir

se relacher

affaiblir

desserrer

se mettre à l’aise

débander

décompresser

délasser

détendu

être étendu

modérer

se décontracter

Synonymes

loosen

rest

slacken

repose

calm

unbend

ease

loosen up

calm down

unwind

take it easy

lie

relieve

lie down

at leisure

lie on the side

loose

play

abate

chill out

mitigate

slow down

have a rest

remit

sleep

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become loose

unstrain

wind down

unlax

feel at home

slack

weaken

slack up

make relaxed

decrease

recreate

reduce

relaxation

unbrace

lessen

diminish

make peaceful

take a rest

moderate

throw oneself down

free from

be less active

soothe

ease off

ease up

make loose

decompress

quiet

settle down

slumber

smoothen

smooth out

snuggle

soften

softened

steady

straighten

stretch

subside

take time

temper

be at leisure

feel at ease

tone down

slacken off

uncoil

unfasten

unfix

unharness

unkink

unravel

unroll

untie

yield

be at ease

be happy

be moderate

get one’s breath

grow weary

kick back

make oneself at home

slow up

take one’s ease

be dead

let one’s hair down

take rest

spend leisure time

give rest to

put one’s feet up

lool

make lax

mellow out

vege out

untighten

let hair

allay

alleviate

amuse oneself

assuage

becalm

bend

break

cease

chill

clasp

comfort

complaining

compose

cool it

cool off

correct

declare

delight

disport

douse

dowse

elastic

enervate

enfeeble

enjoy

enjoy oneself

explain

extenuate

flag

give

idle

lax

laze

lazy

let up

liberate

loll

lounge

modify

moisten

negligence

palliate

pastime

quieten

recline

relaxed

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relaxing

release

relent

remiss

ret

set free

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɪˈlæks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: relaxen

In summary

From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”).