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noun

Relaxation n.

The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation."

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Etymology of 'Relaxation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Relaxation" Quotes from Famous Books

... ever curious. The Professor, after walking patiently through several of the buildings and admiring impartially sections of trees from Cuba and plates of apples from Wyoming, modestly expressed a desire for some relaxation. ...

— Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile • Arthur Jerome Eddy

... desired, and which is forever associated with his memory. Though he spent the greater part of his time and strength in travel at this period, nothing is more characteristic of the man than the intense energy with which he turned from his lecturing to his novels, and then, for relaxation, gave himself up to what he called the magic lantern ...

— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long

... changes, whether of a lion, horse or bird, will be quite perfect of the species to which it belongs; and this although it may appear false can only be called well imagined and monstrous. The reason is it is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never yet seen, nor does it appear to them that it can be more unreasonable (although very admirable) than the usual figures of men or animals. And ...

— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd

... the King's coronation oath will not allow him to consent to any relaxation of the Catholic laws.—Why not relax the Catholic laws as well as the laws against Protestant dissenters? If one is contrary to his oath, the other must be so too; for the spirit of the oath is, to defend the Church establishment, which the Quaker and the Presbyterian differ from as much or more ...

— Peter Plymley's Letters and Selected Essays • Sydney Smith

... experience or that of others who have worked toward the same end. We may differ in methods, but the outcome is, in most instances, the same. I have written from the standpoint of the amateur, for other amateurs who would make the improvement of the home-grounds a pleasure and a means of relaxation rather than a source of profit in a financial sense, believing that what I have to say will commend itself to the non-professional gardener as sensible, practical, and helpful, and strictly in line with the things he needs to know when he gets down ...

— Amateur Gardencraft - A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover • Eben E. Rexford

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