Relax vs. Unlax: What's the Difference?

To make lax or loose

To relax.

To make less severe or strict

Cause to feel relaxed;

To reduce in intensity; slacken

To relieve from tension or strain

To take one's ease; rest.

To become lax or loose.

To become less severe or strict.

To become less restrained or tense.

(transitive) To calm down.

(transitive) To make something loose.

(intransitive) To become loose.

(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.

(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.

(transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

To become more lenient.

(transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

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.

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.

Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

Relaxation.

Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;

Make less tight;

Become loose or looser or less tight;

Cause to feel relaxed;

Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner;

Make less severe or strict;

Become less severe or strict;

Make less active or fast;