relaxation Copy link Outline 1. rĕmissio2. rĕlaxātio3. laxāmentum4. āvŏcāmentum (that which calls off from business5. As a medic. t. t., resolutio ventris, Cels. 2, 6; profusio alvi, id. 2, 7 • relaxation: 1. rĕmissio: times of business and of r., tempora curarum et remissionum, Tac. Agr. 9: to condescend to every sort of r., ad omnem animi r. descendere, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: in a bad sense, id. Fam. 5, 2, 9: v. enervation. 2. rĕlaxātio: not application of the mind, but r., non contentio animi sed r., Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 22. 3. laxāmentum: r. of the stomach, l. ventris, Macr. S. 7, 11. Fig.: r. from war, l. belli, Liv. 9, 41, ad med.: having had a little r., pusillum laxamenti nactus, Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3. 4. āvŏcāmentum (that which calls off from business: rare): Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 1: v. diversion, recreation. 5. As a medic. t. t., resolutio ventris, Cels. 2, 6; profusio alvi, id. 2, 7: v. diarrhoea, flux.
RELAXATION Copy link • RELAXATIONRefreshment of mind, relaxatio or remissio animi. [Vid: also, RECREATION.] Weakness, debilitas (of mind): languor (of body).