Relaxationnoun
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
Travailnoun
(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
Relaxationnoun
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
ârelaxation of the soft palateâ;
Travailnoun
Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
Relaxationnoun
Remission or abatement of rigor.
Travailnoun
An act of working; labor US, labour British.
Relaxationnoun
Remission of attention or application.
ârelaxation of effortsâ;
Travailnoun
(obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object.
Relaxationnoun
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
Travailverb
To toil.
Relaxationnoun
(physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
Travailverb
To go through the labor of childbirth.
Relaxationnoun
(music) The release following musical tension.
Travailnoun
Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
âAs everything of price, so this doth require travail.â;
Relaxationnoun
The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
Travailnoun
Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
Relaxationnoun
Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
Travailnoun
Same as Travois.
Relaxationnoun
(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
Travailverb
To labor with pain; to toil.
Relaxationnoun
(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
Travailverb
To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
Relaxationnoun
a state of refreshing tranquility
Travailverb
To harass; to tire.
âAs if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility.â;
Relaxationnoun
an occurrence of control or strength weakening;
âthe relaxation of requirementsâ; âthe loosening of his gripâ; âthe slackening of the windâ;
Travailnoun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
âshe was in labor for six hoursâ;
Relaxationnoun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
âtook his repose by the swimming poolâ;
Travailnoun
use of physical or mental energy; hard work;
âhe got an A for effortâ; âthey managed only with great exertionâ;
Relaxationnoun
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
Travailverb
work hard;
âShe was digging away at her math homeworkâ; âLexicographers drudge all day longâ;
Relaxationnoun
the act of making less strict