Definition of "relax" []

To make lax or loose: relax one's grip. (verb-transitive)
To make less severe or strict: relax a curfew. (verb-transitive)
To reduce in intensity; slacken: relax one's efforts. (verb-transitive)
To relieve from tension or strain: The warm bath relaxed me. (verb-transitive)
To take one's ease; rest. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "relax" in a sentence

"The word 'simplify,' the word 'sanctuary,' the word 'relax.'"
"For now, Miller's intentions are to keep it in relax mode."
"Properly armed, we head for our hotel to read and relax from the long trip."

Words like "relax"

act alter behave change

decrease do excite lessen

minify modify relaxable relaxed

relaxes relaxing stress weaken