relax

verb

1. 1

   To calm down.

2. 2

   To make something loose.

   “to relax a rope or cord”

3. 3

   To become loose.

4. 4

   To make something less severe or tense.

   “to relax discipline”

5. 5

   To become less severe or tense.

6. 6

   To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

7. 7

   (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.

8. 8

   To relieve (something) from stress.

   “Amusement relaxes the mind.”

9. 9

   To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

   “An aperient relaxes the bowels.”