To relieve from tension or strain, To become less severe or strict, To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend, transitive verb_ To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open, Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert, To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient, verb_ become less tense, rest, or take one's ease, become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner, become loose or looser or less tight, adjective_ Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless