relaxation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an occurrence of control or strength weakening

   the relaxation of requirements

2. 2
   noun

   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. 3
   noun

   Remission of attention or application.

   relaxation of efforts

4. 4
   noun

   the act of making less strict

5. 5
   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

6. 6
   noun

   freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

7. 7
   noun

   a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

8. 8
   noun

   (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

Etymology

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