relâché, -e, adj., loose, remiss, lax, relaxed. Morale —e; loose doctrine.
relâchement (-lâsh-mān), n.m., slackness, looseness, laxness; slackening, loosening, relaxing; diminution; intermission; abatement; relaxation, rest; remissness; laxity (of morals). — des nerfs; relaxing of the nerves.
relâcher, v.a., to slacken, to loose, to loosen, to unbend, to relax; to let go, to release, to set at liberty; to yield, to give up, to abate.
se relâcher, v.r., to grow slack or loose; to slacken, to abate, to give way, to relax, to unbend; to fall off; to flag; to get milder (of the weather). Se — l’esprit; to unbend one’s mind, to take relaxation.
relâcher, v.n., to abate, to remit, to relax, to flag; (nav.) to put into port, to touch at.
relais, n.m., relay (fresh horses); stage; posting-house (where fresh horses are taken). Chevaux de —; fresh horses; (hunt.) relay; opening (in carpet-making); (fort.) V. berme. Être de —; to be unemployed, to have nothing to do, to be disengaged, at leisure.
relaissé, adj.m., (hunt.) resting (of hares).
relaisser, v.n., (hunt.) to rest (of hares).
relancer, v.a., (hunt.) to start again; to turn out again; to urge, to rouse, to answer sharply, to put down, to take up short (by an answer). — quelqu’un; to put any one down; to take any one up short.
relaps, -e (rĕ-laps), n. and adj., relapser; relapsed; relapsed into heresy.