relaxation

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation edit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən/, /ˌɹɪlækˈseɪʃən/
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Noun edit

relaxation (countable and uncountable, plural relaxations)

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
relaxation of the soft palate
Remission or abatement of rigor.
Remission of attention or application.
relaxation of efforts
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
(physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
(music) The release following musical tension.

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act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed

Arabic: اِسْتِرْخَاءْ m (istirḵāʔ)
Hijazi Arabic: رَوَقان m (rawagān)
Armenian: թուլացում (hy) (tʻulacʻum)
Belarusian: расслабле́нне n (rasslabljénnje), рэлакса́цыя f (relaksácyja), рэлякса́цыя f (reljaksácyja)
Bengali: আরাম (bn) (aram)
Bulgarian: разхла́бване n (razhlábvane), отпу́скане (bg) n (otpúskane), релакса́ция f (relaksácija)
Catalan: relaxació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬆弛／松弛 (zh) (sōngchí)
Czech: uvolnění (cs) n
French: relaxation (fr), détente (fr)
Galician: relaxación (gl) f, relaxamento (gl) m, esparexemento (gl) m
German: Entspannung (de) f
Greek: χαλάρωση (el) f (chalárosi), χαλάρωμα (el) n (chalároma)
Ancient: ἄνεσις f (ánesis), ῥᾳθυμία f (rhāithumía), χάλασμα m (khálasma)
Italian: rilassamento (it) m
Japanese: 寛ぎ (くつろぎ, kutsurogi), 息抜き (ja) (いきぬき, ikinuki), リラックス (ja) (rirakkusu), 休息 (ja) (きゅうそく, kyūsoku)
Korean: 휴식(休息) (ko) (hyusik), 릴랙스 (rillaekseu)
Latin: relaxātiō f
Macedonian: опу́штање n (opúštanje), релакса́ција f (relaksácija)
Maori: pāroretanga
Polish: relaks (pl) m, relaksacja f
Portuguese: descontração (pt) f
Romanian: relaxare (ro) f, repaus (ro) n
Russian: расслабле́ние (ru) n (rasslablénije), релакса́ция (ru) f (relaksácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: опуштање n, релакса́ција f

Roman: opuštanje n, relaksácija (sh) f
Slovak: uvoľnenie n
Slovene: sprostitev f
Spanish: relajación (es) f, relax (es) m
Swedish: avspänning (sv) c
Tagalog: pahingalay, hingalay, pagpapahingalay
Ukrainian: розсла́блення n (rozsláblennja), релакса́ція f (relaksácija)

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