# relaxed

Pronunciation: US say "ri-LAKST" /ɹɪˈlækst/; UK

## Adjective

1. Free from tension or worry; calm and taking things in an unhurried, easygoing way.
   - Simple: Calm and not worried, nervous, or in a hurry.
   - _The host's easy manner made all the guests feel relaxed._
   - _On vacation he was finally relaxed enough to stop thinking about deadlines._
2. Made less strict or demanding than before; more lenient or lax.
   - Simple: Less strict than before, allowing more freedom.
   - _Under the new policy, security checks became noticeably relaxed._
   - _The committee adopted a relaxed approach to filing deadlines._
3. Of a muscle, soft, loosened and not contracted.
   - Simple: Soft and not tight, as a muscle that is not being used.
   - _The therapist checked that the patient's calf muscles were fully relaxed._
   - _During deep sleep, most of the body's muscles stay relaxed._
4. Without physical tension; resting in a state of mechanical equilibrium.
   - Simple: Not under any pushing or pulling force, and resting in balance.
   - _The polymer chains adopt a relaxed configuration once the load is removed._
   - _When the cable goes slack, it hangs in a relaxed curve._

## Verb

5. Simple past and past participle of relax. — simple past and past participle of relax
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of relax. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The rules were relaxed after months of public protest._
   - _He finally relaxed once the exam was over._

## Adjective

6. Made slack or feeble; physically weak and soft. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Made loose, weak, or soft, as body tissue.

## Origin

Formed from "relax" plus the suffix "-ed", originally modeled after the Latin "relaxatus".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/relaxed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).