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Relaxing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RELAX'ING, ppr. Slackening; loosening; remitting or abating in rigor, severity or attention; rendering languid.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: affording physical or mental rest; "she spent a restful night at home" [syn: restful, reposeful, relaxing] [ant: restless, uneasy]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Relax Re*lax" (r?-l?ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.] [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.] 1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. --Milton. Nor served it to relax their serried files. --Milton. 2. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature. --Swift. 3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind. 4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels. Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is relaxing is pleasant and helps you to relax. I find cooking very relaxing... ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, comfortable, comfy, commodious, contented, convenient, cozy, cushioned, cushioning, cushiony, cushy, dampening, damping, deadening, demulcent, diminishing, dulling, easeful, easing, easy, emollient, friendly, homelike, homely, homey, lessening, lived-in, loosening, luxurious, mitigating, mollifying, peaceful, reducing, reposeful, restful, roomy, snug, soft, softening, subduing, tempering, warm