Definition of Relaxation

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Relaxation

The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.

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Relaxation Quotations

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
George Matthew Adams

I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.
Christina Aguilera

My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
Pamela Anderson

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
Herodotus

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.
Jackson Browne

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.
Gustav Klimt

That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another.
Arne Jacobsen

I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
Garth Brooks

Relaxation Translations

relaxation in German is Entspannung
relaxation in Italian is rilassamento
relaxation in Swedish is avkoppling

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