- as inlift
- as inloaf
- as inloll
- as inloose/loosen
- as inlounge
- as inmelt
- as inmodify
- as innap
- as inquiet
- as inrelax
- as inrelax
- as inrelent
- as inrelieve
- as inremit
- as inrest
- as insettle
- as insit
- as inslack/slacken
- as insleep
- as inslow
- as insoften
- as inbask
- as instoop
- as instoop
- as inthaw
- as intranquilize
- as inweaken
- as inyield
- as incalm down
- as in
- as inchill out
- as inloosen
- as inveg out
- as incalm
- as inslacken
- as inslake
- as inbecalm
- as inlaze
- as inmedicate
- as innarcotize
- as inphysic
- as insiesta
- as inuntighten
- as incompose
- as indebilitate
- as indivert
- as indrug
- as inease
- as inease
- as inentertain
- as ingive
Synonyms for re lax
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Antonyms for re lax
- allow
- approve
- begin
- give birth
- permit
- start
- restore
- demote
- depress
- descend
- dispirit
- drop
- give
- impose
- lower
- receive
- set down
- weaken
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WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "to make (something) less compact or dense," from Old French relaschier "set free; soften; reduce" (14c.), from Latin relaxare "relax, loosen, open, stretch out, widen again; make loose," from re- "back" (see re-) + laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Of persons, "to become less formal," from 1837. Meaning "decrease tension" is from early 15c.; intransitive sense of "to become less tense" is recorded from 1935. Related: Relaxed; relaxing.
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