verb

• (transitive) To calm down.
• (transitive) To make something loose.
• (intransitive) To become loose.
• (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
• (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
• (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
• (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
• (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
• (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.