English-French translations for relaxation

• décontraction
• détente
  Il se fait tard et je crois que nous avons tous mérité un peu de détente. It is already late and I think we have all earned a little relaxation.
  De nombreux sites et lieux de détente sont détruits dans nos régions. A great deal of countryside and the relaxation it can offer people is being destroyed in Europe's regions.
  Face à la montée prévue du chômage, on peut sans doute s'attendre à une certaine détente à court terme sur le marché du travail. As a result of expected growth in unemployment, some relaxation may perhaps be expected within the labour market in the short term.
• relaxation

Definition of relaxation

• The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities
• Remission or abatement of rigor
• Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort
• The release following musical tension

Examples

• relaxation of the soft palate
• relaxation of efforts

Related words

• relaxant
• overrelaxation
• under-relaxation
• muscle relaxant