v.
    - make or become less tense or anxious. 
▸cause (a limb or muscle) to become less rigid.
 - rest from work or engage in a recreational activity.
 - make (a rule or restriction) less strict.
 - straighten or partially uncurl (hair) using a chemical product.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - relaxed adj.
  - relaxedly adv.
  - relaxedness n.
  - relaxer n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from L. relaxare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + laxus ‘lax, loose’.