Credit relaxation is considered necessary to shore up business.
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Relaxation
//ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən//
Synonyms for "relaxation" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
letdownletupliberalizationlicenselighteningloosenesslooseningloweringlullingmellowingminiaturizationmirthmitigationmoderationmodulationmollificationmollifyingnegligenceoverindulgenceoverpermissiveness
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pacificationpaddingpalliationpasse-tempspastimepermissivenesspleasurequietquieteningquietingrecreationreductionregalementrelaxednessreliefremissionremissnessreposerestfulnessricketinesssaggingscaling downshakinesssimplicityslackeningslacknesssleepsloppinesssofteningsoftening-upsoftnesssolacesoothingsportsubduementsubtractiontemperingthinningtranquilizationtranquillityunbuttoned easeunrestraintweakeningweakness
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesdefined as
2 entriesderived
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derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
60 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- χάλασμα noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- ἄνεσις noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- ῥᾳθυμία noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتِرْخَاءْ noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- رَوَقان noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Armenian
1 entries- թուլացում noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Belarusian
3 entries- расслабле́нне noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- рэлакса́цыя noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- рэлякса́цыя noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Bengali
1 entries- আরাম noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отпу́скане noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- разхла́бване noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- релакса́ция noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Catalan
1 entries- relaxació noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鬆弛 /松弛 noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Czech
1 entries- uvolnění noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Dutch
1 entries- relaxatie noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
French
2 entries- détente noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relaxation noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Galician
3 entries- esparexemento noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relaxación noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relaxamento noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
German
1 entries- Entspannung noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Greek
2 entries- χαλάρωμα noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- χαλάρωση noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Hanunoo
1 entries- adiwan noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Italian
1 entries- rilassamento noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Japanese
4 entries- リラックス noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- 休息 noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- 寛ぎ noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- 息抜き noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Korean
2 entries- 릴랙스 noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- 휴식 noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Latin
1 entries- relaxātiō noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Macedonian
2 entries- опу́штање noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- релакса́ција noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Māori
1 entries- pāroretanga noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Occitan
1 entries- relaxacion noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رامش noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Polish
2 entries- relaks noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relaksacja noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Portuguese
1 entries- descontração noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Romanian
2 entries- relaxare noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- repaus noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Russian
2 entries- расслабле́ние noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- релакса́ция noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- opuštanje noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relaksácija noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- опуштање noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- релакса́ција noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Slovak
1 entries- uvoľnenie noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Slovene
1 entries- sprostitev noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Spanish
2 entries- relajación noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- relax noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Swedish
1 entries- avspänning noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Tagalog
3 entries- hingalay noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- pagpapahingalay noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- pahingalay noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Ukrainian
2 entries- релакса́ція noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
- розсла́блення noun (act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Stupidity is the relaxation of intelligence.
Source: tatoeba (443247)
All in all, I think my hobbies are balanced; they bring some relaxation to my life, and at the same time bring focus to my studies.
Source: tatoeba (899142)
What do you do for relaxation?
Source: tatoeba (2642825)
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