RELAXATIONS Synonyms

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

• freedom from constraint or embarrassment

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• move gently or carefully

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• make easier

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• the absence of mental stress or anxiety

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• put or confide something in a person or thing

• be inherent or innate in

• lie when dead

• lean in a comfortable resting position

• put in a horizontal position

• to put something (eg trust) in something

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)

• time available for ease and relaxation

• freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity

• an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

• activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

• snacks and drinks served as a light meal

• activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

• a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a pause for relaxation

• the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

• postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• a state of peace and quiet

• a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• the quality of being easy in behavior or style

• the act of making less strict

• the act of making less strict

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

• a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount