relaxation

relaxation is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
2. noun. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
3. noun. the act of making less strict

   Synonyms: liberalisation, liberalization

4. noun. 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
5. noun. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

   "took his repose by the swimming pool"

   Synonyms: ease, repose, rest

6. noun. an occurrence of control or strength weakening

   "the relaxation of requirements"

   "the loosening of his grip"

   Synonyms: loosening, slackening

7. noun. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

   "the easiness we feel when sleeping"

   Synonyms: easiness

8. noun. (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
9. noun. (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

Synonyms

liberalisation, liberalization, ease, repose, rest, loosening, slackening, easiness

Common word forms

relaxations

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