Leisure vs. Relaxation

Leisurenoun

Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.

Leisurenoun

Free time, time free from work or duties.

Leisurenoun

Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Leisurenoun

Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

Leisurenoun

Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Leisureadjective

Unemployed; as, leisure hours.

Leisurenoun

time available for ease and relaxation;

Leisurenoun

freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity;

Leisure

Leisure has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. Free time is time spent away from business, work, job hunting, domestic chores, and education, as well as necessary activities such as eating and sleeping.

Relaxationnoun

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

Relaxationnoun

A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.

Relaxationnoun

Remission or abatement of rigor.

Relaxationnoun

Remission of attention or application.

Relaxationnoun

Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.

Relaxationnoun

(physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.

Relaxationnoun

(music) The release following musical tension.

Relaxationnoun

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

Relaxationnoun

Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.

Relaxationnoun

(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

Relaxationnoun

(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

Relaxationnoun

a state of refreshing tranquility

Relaxationnoun

an occurrence of control or strength weakening;

Relaxationnoun

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);

Relaxationnoun

a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount

Relaxationnoun

the act of making less strict