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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (7)

1. (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers;

2. (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance;
[syn: relaxation, relaxation behavior]

3. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry;
- Example: "the easiness we feel when sleeping"
[syn: easiness, relaxation]

4. an occurrence of control or strength weakening;
- Example: "the relaxation of requirements"
- Example: "the loosening of his grip"
- Example: "the slackening of the wind"
[syn: relaxation, loosening, slackening]

5. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
- Example: "took his repose by the swimming pool"
[syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation]

6. 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;
[syn: relaxation, relaxation method]

7. the act of making less strict;
[syn: liberalization, liberalisation, relaxation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Relaxation \Re`lax*a"tion\ (r?`l?ks-?"sh?n;277), n. [L. relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation.] 1. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law. [1913 Webster] 2. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

relaxation n 1: (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers 2: (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance [syn: relaxation, relaxation behavior] 3: a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping" [syn: easiness, relaxation] 4: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation, loosening, slackening] 5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] 6: 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 [syn: relaxation, relaxation method] 7: the act of making less strict [syn: liberalization, liberalisation, relaxation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

129 Moby Thesaurus words for "relaxation": abatement, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, amusement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, bagginess, blunting, calming, carelessness, comfort, contraction, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, demulsion, depreciation, depression, devitalization, dilution, diminishment, diminution, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease, easiness, easing, easygoingness, effemination, enervation, enfeeblement, enjoyment, entertainment, evisceration, exhaustion, extenuation, fade-out, falling-off, fatigue, fun, hushing, impotence, imprecision, inactivity, inanition, indifference, languishment, laxation, laxity, laxness, leisure, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, looseness, loosening, lowering, lulling, mellowing, miniaturization, mirth, mitigation, moderation, modulation, mollification, mollifying, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pacification, padding, palliation, passe-temps, pastime, permissiveness, pleasure, quiet, quietening, quieting, recreation, reduction, regalement, relaxedness, relief, remission, remissness, repose, rest, restfulness, ricketiness, sagging, scaling down, shakiness, simplicity, slackening, slackness, sleep, sloppiness, softening, softening-up, softness, solace, soothing, subduement, subtraction, tempering, thinning, tranquilization, tranquillity, unbuttoned ease, unrestraint, weakening, weakness