n. | 1. | The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; |
2. | Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. |
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2. | relaxation - (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance Synonyms: relaxation behavior | |
3. | relaxation - a state of refreshing tranquility Synonyms: easiness | |
4. | relaxation - an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" Synonyms: loosening, slackening | |
5. | relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" | |
6. | relaxation - 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 Synonyms: relaxation method | |
7. | relaxation - the act of making less strict Synonyms: liberalisation, liberalization |