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Definition of relax : 1. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
2. Relaxation.
3. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
4. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
5. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
9. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

Synonyms:

slow up, depressurise, continue, free, slake, remit, tease apart, unstrain, decelerate, slack, straighten, bend, unlax, warm up, slow down, unroll, tease, unstuff, retard, unbend, wind off, slack off, release, undo, unloosen, untighten, limber up, take five, unwind, tighten, die away, loose, uncompress, loaf, recline, loosen, decrease, disentangle, untie, decompress, make relaxed, depressurize, liberate, slacken, ease off, unleash, let up, loosen up, slow, sit back, unloose, let loose, slack up

distract, refresh, amuse, divert, entertain, charm, stimulate, delight, please, enthrall, lighten, beguile

repose, lounge, rest

nap, retire

quiet, restrain, abate, calm, moderate, alleviate, pacify, ease, compose, soothe, cool, subdue, tranquilize, soften

Usage examples:

• And then Uncle Ambrose fixing his gaze on a far spot in the ceiling shivered and groaned until his audience hurried away, when he was able to relax into greater comfort. - "The Loves of Ambrose", Margaret Vandercook.
• When he gives up the attempt to take it all in by an intellectual and moral effort, he may, as the saying is, " relax." - "Humanly Speaking", Samuel McChord Crothers.
• The younger woman was pale and haggard and unable to relax. - "In the Heart of a Fool", William Allen White.