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Synonyms for relaxation
ˌri lækˈseɪ ʃənre·lax·ation
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
relaxation
Synonyms:
idleness, inaction, inactivity, restAntonyms:
act, action, activity, application, drill, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, use
Princeton's WordNet
relaxationnoun
(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
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liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, repose, relaxation behavior, liberalization, restrelaxation, relaxation behaviornoun
(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
Synonyms:
liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, repose, relaxation behavior, liberalization, resteasiness, relaxationnoun
a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
"the easiness we feel when sleeping"
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liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, liberalization, simplicity, relaxation behavior, repose, rest, simplenessrelaxation, loosening, slackeningnoun
an occurrence of control or strength weakening
"the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
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laxation, liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, repose, relaxation behavior, liberalization, restrest, ease, repose, relaxationnoun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
"took his repose by the swimming pool"
Synonyms:
rest period, tranquility, eternal sleep, repose, peace of mind, loosening, balance, relaxation behavior, relief, ease, rest, simplicity, eternal rest, quiet, simpleness, easiness, placidity, informality, relaxation method, comfort, peace, tranquillity, residual, quietus, liberalisation, peacefulness, ataraxis, remainder, residue, residuum, sleep, heartsease, serenity, slackening, liberalization, respiterelaxation, relaxation methodnoun
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
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liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, repose, relaxation behavior, liberalization, restliberalization, liberalisation, relaxationnoun
the act of making less strict
Synonyms:
liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, loosening, slackening, relaxation behavior, liberalization, rest, repose
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
relaxationnoun
Synonyms:
loosening, slackening, diversion, recreation, rest
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1547 | rest | |
#1720 | peace | |
#1963 | balance | |
#2705 | sleep | |
#2835 | comfort | |
#2940 | relief | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#4819 | ease | |
#6906 | trigger | |
#9174 | remainder | |
#9757 | relaxation | |
#10421 | relaxing | |
#10431 | residual | |
#10612 | simplicity | |
#13084 | residue | |
#13471 | serenity | |
#22368 | respite | |
#22832 | liberalization | |
#25711 | tranquility | |
#28771 | inactivity | |
#29001 | liberalisation | |
#29589 | easing | |
#33160 | softening | |
#36114 | inaction | |
#38211 | repose | |
#38525 | tranquillity | |
#48426 | loosening | |
#60953 | easiness | |
#67297 | idleness | |
#88327 | informality | |
#105279 | peacefulness | |
#121791 | detente | |
#175681 | slackening | |
#192178 | residuum | |
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#282576 | placidity |
How to use relaxation in a sentence?
Everything that helps induce relaxation, not just sleep, helps.
I think there is a concern that the proposed Special Purpose Acquisition Companies regime for Hong Kong is less competitive than that in other jurisdictions, while the Stock Exchange is understandably putting in place these safeguards to prevent abuse and market manipulation, there is perhaps room for relaxation in some areas as retail investors are excluded from investing until the de-SPAC completes.
If you can't sleep, it's better to get up and be productive, or do something relaxing than to be stressed out that you're not sleeping, relaxation training is really helpful. You can do meditation when you wake up, muscle relaxation, even sleep imagery, such as imagining yourself in a safe place that is quiet and calm.
Having enjoyed a mini-boom from consumers returning after the relaxation of pandemic restrictions, many services firms are now seeing households increasingly struggle with the rising cost of living, with producers of non-essential goods seeing a similar drop in orders.
The Active Wellness seat is Faurecia's vision on the next level of personalized comfort, what we basically do is to monitor respiration rate and heart rate in the seat, and we derive stress and energy level from that. Then, having this kind of wellness being information, we now can offer a closed-loop comfort system; so in case you are stressed you get a relaxation massage, in case you have low energy levels you get a very energizing massage.
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