Dictionary

relaxation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /rɪˈlækˌse.ʃən/ (South-Asia)
• /ɹɪˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹiːlækˈsæɪʃən/ (Australia)
• /ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɹiːlɛkˈsæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹiːlækˈseɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
2. (countable, uncountable) A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
   • relaxation of the soft palate
3. (countable, uncountable) Remission or abatement of rigor.
4. (countable, uncountable) Remission of attention or application.
   • It may seem as though the safer sex message gets overplayed, stressed too much; it may have even become tired. Nonetheless, it has become evident that to abandon that message now would create complacency among people at risk for HIV infection. The end result would be a relaxation of life-saving techniques. We would be faced with a new generation of individuals testing antibody positive. 1989 December 3, Michael De Mayo, “A New Word In AIDS Prevention: Relapse”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 16:
   • relaxation of efforts
5. (countable, uncountable) Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
6. (countable, uncountable) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
7. (countable, uncountable) The release following musical tension.

Forms

Deriveds

isovolumic relaxation time · bronchorelaxation · transverse relaxation time · letter of relaxation · antirelaxation · spin-lattice relaxation time · T1 relaxation time · nonrelaxation · overrelaxation · relaxational · dielectric relaxation · vasorelaxation · pilorelaxation · thermal relaxation time · violent relaxation · relaxation time · spin-spin relaxation time · myorelaxation · T2 relaxation time · half-relaxation time · underrelaxation · longitudinal relaxation time

Relateds

relax · relaxant · relaxate · relaxative · relaxable

Translations (61)

bg отпу́скане (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ro repaus (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · uk розсла́блення (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sh relaksácija (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · mi pāroretanga (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · hy թուլացում (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · cs uvolnění (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · tl pahingalay (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ja 寛ぎ (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · gl esparexemento (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ko 휴식 (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · pl relaksacja (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · gl relaxamento (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · es relajación (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · pl relaks (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · acw رَوَقان (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · be рэлакса́цыя (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · es relax (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sh опуштање (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · bg разхла́бване (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ja 休息 (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · tl pagpapahingalay (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sl sprostitev (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · bn আরাম (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · it rilassamento (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ja 息抜き (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · hnn adiwan (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · tl hingalay (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ko 릴랙스 (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · mk релакса́ција (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · nl relaxatie (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · fr relaxation (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sh opuštanje (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · pt descontração (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ca relaxació (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ota رامش (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · oc relaxacion (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sk uvoľnenie (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · fi rentoutuminen (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · cmn 鬆弛 /松弛 (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ro relaxare (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · grc ἄνεσις (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · grc ῥᾳθυμία (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · fr détente (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · be рэлякса́цыя (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · gl relaxación (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sh релакса́ција (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ja リラックス (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · uk релакса́ція (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · la relaxātiō (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · grc χάλασμα (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · bg релакса́ция (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ru расслабле́ние (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · de Entspannung (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ar اِسْتِرْخَاءْ (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · el χαλάρωση (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · el χαλάρωμα (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · ru релакса́ция (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · sv avspänning (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · be расслабле́нне (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) · mk опу́штање (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)