Relaxation: alternatives and connections

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

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That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

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of Ease

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The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.

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Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.

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of Weaken

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The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

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The state of being dreamy.

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A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

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The state or quality of being lazy.

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

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Alt. of Quiescency

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The state or quality of being quiescent.

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of Sleep

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To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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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…

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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…

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To arrest.

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To arrest.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

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The act of liberalizing.

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of Loosen

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To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

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To arrest.

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of Slacken

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