relax
- v become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
He relaxed in the hot tub
Let's all relax after a hard day's work - v make less taut
relax the tension on the rope - v become loose or looser or less tight
the rope relaxed - v cause to feel relaxed
A hot bath always relaxes me - v become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group - v make less severe or strict
The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught - v become less severe or strict
The rules relaxed after the new director arrived - v make less active or fast
Don't relax your efforts now
relearn
- v learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it
After the accident, he could not walk for months and had to relearn how to walk down stairs
relegate
- v refer to another person for decision or judgment
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues - v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- v expel, as if by official decree
- v assign to a class or kind
People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms
relieve
- v provide physical relief, as from pain
This pill will relieve your headaches - v free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- v grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- v lessen the intensity of or calm
- v save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- v relieve oneself of troubling information
- v provide relief for
- v free from a burden, evil, or distress
- v take by stealing
The thief relieved me of $100 - v grant exemption or release to
- v alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
relieve the pressure and the stress
reline
- v provide with a new lining
the old fur coat must be relined - v put new lines on
reline the paper
relinquish
- v part with a possession or right
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest - v do without or cease to hold or adhere to
relinquish the old ideas - v turn away from; give up
- v release, as from one's grip
relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
relive
- v experience again, often in the imagination
He relived the horrors of war