Relax vs. Release
Relaxverb
(transitive) To calm down.
Relaxverb
(transitive) To make something loose.
Relaxverb
(intransitive) To become loose.
Relaxverb
(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
Relaxverb
(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
Relaxverb
(transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
Relaxverb
To become more lenient.
Relaxverb
(transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
Relaxverb
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
Relaxverb
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Relaxverb
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.
Relaxverb
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
Relaxverb
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Relaxverb
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
Relaxverb
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Relaxverb
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Relaxnoun
Relaxation.
Relaxadjective
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Relaxverb
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;
Relaxverb
make less tight;
Relaxverb
become loose or looser or less tight;
Relaxverb
cause to feel relaxed;
Relaxverb
become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner;
Relaxverb
make less severe or strict;
Relaxverb
become less severe or strict;
Relaxverb
make less active or fast;
Releasenoun
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
Releasenoun
(software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
Releasenoun
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
Releasenoun
That which is released, untied or let go.
Releasenoun
The giving up of a claim.
Releasenoun
Liberation from pain or suffering.
Releasenoun
(biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
Releasenoun
The act or manner of ending a sound.
Releasenoun
In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
Releasenoun
A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
Releasenoun
A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
Releasenoun
The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
Releaseverb
To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
Releaseverb
To make available to the public.
Releaseverb
To free or liberate; to set free.
Releaseverb
To discharge.
Releaseverb
(telephone) of a call To hang up.
Releaseverb
(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
Releaseverb
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
Releaseverb
(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
Releaseverb
(biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
Releaseverb
(transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Releaseverb
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Releaseverb
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
Releaseverb
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
Releaseverb
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
Releaseverb
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
Releasenoun
The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
Releasenoun
Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
Releasenoun
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
Releasenoun
A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
Releasenoun
The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Releasenoun
A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;
Releasenoun
The act or manner of ending a sound.
Releasenoun
In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
Releasenoun
merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film);
Releasenoun
the act of liberating someone or something
Releasenoun
a process that liberates or discharges something;
Releasenoun
an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Releasenoun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Releasenoun
euphemistic expressions for death;
Releasenoun
a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Releasenoun
activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion;
Releasenoun
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
Releasenoun
a formal written statement of relinquishment
Releasenoun
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
Releaseverb
release, as from one's grip;
Releaseverb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
Releaseverb
let (something) fall or spill a container;
Releaseverb
eliminate (substances) from the body
Releaseverb
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;
Releaseverb
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids;
Releaseverb
make (information) available publication;
Releaseverb
part with a possession or right;
Releaseverb
make (assets) available;
