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relaxed

2 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, relaxed means made more lenient.

Meanings of relaxed

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Made more lenient; less strict; lax.

    “The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.”

  2. Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

    “He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.”

  3. chiefly physicsWithout physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.

  4. physiologyOf a muscle: soft, not tensed.

  5. Without strain or anxiety

    “gave the impression of being quite relaxed”

    “a relaxed and informal discussion”

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoletephysiologyMade slack or feeble; weak, soft.

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of relax

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Words that rhyme with relaxed

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