relaxation
noun
- a relaxing or being relaxed; loosening, lessening of severity, etc.
- a lessening of or rest from work, worry, or effort
- recreation or other activity for bringing this about
See relaxation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rēˌlăk-sāˈshən)
noun- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed.
- Refreshment of body or mind; recreation: played golf for relaxation.
- A loosening or slackening.
- A reduction in strictness or severity.
- Physiology The lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers.
- Physics The return or adjustment of a system to equilibrium following displacement or abrupt change.
- Mathematics A method of solving equations in which the errors resulting from an initial approximation are reduced by succeeding approximations until all errors are within specified limits.
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