Reverse Dictionary: REH – RELD

REHABILITATION – NOUNS
– JUNK FARM a federal rehabilitation institution …20C US sl.
 
REHEARSE, REHEARSED – ADJECTIVES
– ROTTEN IN ONE’S HEAD thoroughly prepared and rehearsed …1640 obs. rare
 
REHEARSE etc. – VERBS
– REHARSH to rehearse …1932 Amer. dial.
– SCRIFT to rehearse from memory with fluency; to magnify in narration …1819 Sc. obs.
– SHED to rehearse; to practice one’s part, role, etc.; esp. to do so alone and rigorously …1930s Amer. jazz usage
– WOODSHED to rehearse, esp. in private …1936 US sl.
 
REIMBURSE – VERBS
– IMPAY to pay to the full what has been expended, to reimburse, to recoup …1594 obs.
– RAMBURSE to reimburse …1582 Sc. obs. rare
 
REIN – NOUNS
– RIBBINS reins …1837 sl.
– RIBBON a bridle rein …1846 Amer. dial.
 
REINFORCEMENT – NOUNS
– AFFORCEMENT a strengthening; reinforcement …1783
 
REITERATE, REITERATION – NOUNS
– THREAPING a pertinacious reiteration …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
REITERATE etc. – VERBS
– DING to reiterate, to repeat, to importune; to harp on one subject …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THREAP to assert positively, esp. to persist in or maintain a false accusation or assertion; to insist on; to swear, repeat, or reiterate obstinately …1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
REJECT, REJECTED, REJECTING, REJECTION, REJECTS – ADJECTIVES
– ABJECTED cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited …1633 obs.
– OUT ON ONE’S ASS abruptly expelled, rejected, or dismissed from a place, position, etc. …1947
– REJECTANEOUS unworthy of acceptance; deserving rejection; not chosen or received, rejected …1657 obs.
– REJECTITIOUS rejected, deserving rejection …1615 obs.
– SCALDED rejected …1980s US college sl.
– SHOT DOWN to be rejected; depressed …1960s Amer. sl.
– SHUT DOWN to be rejected, depressed …1960s Amer. sl.
– TO THE CURB rejected in romance …1993 US sl.
 
REJECT etc. – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
– BACK OF MY HAND implies contempt and rejection …L19 Irish & Sc.
– BACK OF MY HAND AND THE SOLE OF MY FOOT implies contempt and rejection …L19 Irish & Sc.
– BITE MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility …1966
– BUSS MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility …1861
– DAMN A HORSE IF I DO! a strong refusal or rejection …c1820 colloq.
– DEAL AROUND ME an exclamation of rejection, leave me out!, I’m not interested! …1940s sl., orig. African-American
– DEAL ME OUT! an exclamation of rejection; I’m not interested! leave me out! …1950s US sl.
– I AIN’T COMING rejecting another person’s suggestion …1930s African-American sl.
– I AIN’T COMING ON THAT TAB rejecting another person’s suggestion …1930s African-American sl.
– I DON’T THINK SO used as a humorous rejection of the sentiment that has been expressed …1969 US sl.
– IN A PIG’S EAR used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1968 colloq.
– IN A PIG’S EYE used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1847 colloq.
– IN YOUR EAR! used to express strong rejection or derision …1966 Amer. sl.
– I WOULDN’T HAVE HER IF HER HEAD WAS STRUNG WITH GOLD describes the rejection of a suitor …Bk1997 Amer. dial.
– MY FOOT! used to imply one’s contemptuous rejection of the previous speaker’s assertion …20C sl.
– NOTHING DOING! used as an expression of rejection or denial …1910 UK sl.
– NOT ON YOUR NELLY! used as an absolute denial, refusal, or rejection …1941 UK rhyming sl. (not on your Nellie Duff for puff (breath, hence life)
– PUT IT WHERE THE MONKEY PUTS THE NUTS expresses contemptuous rejection …1906 sl.
– STICK IT IN YOUR EAR! used to express strong rejection or derision …1966 Amer. sl.
– SUCK MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility …1865
– UP YOUR ASS!, UP YOUR ARSE! an expression of contempt, rejection, or derision …1956 US sl.
– UP YOUR BUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …1910s Aust. sl.
– UP YOUR BUM CHUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
– UP YOUR DATE MATE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
– UP YOUR JUMPER! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …1920s Aust. sl.
– UP YOUR NOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …1922 sl.
– UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …1979 sl.
– UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE AND TWICE AS FAR WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
– UP YOURS! used as an expression of contempt, rejection, or derision …1956 UK sl.
 
REJECT etc. – NOUNS
– ABNEGATION denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection …1554
– ABRENOUNCING repudiation; rejection …c1550 obs.
– AX a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. …1883 Amer. sl.
– AXE a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. …1883 Amer. sl.
– THE CAN a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection …1908 Amer. sl.
– CASTER anything that has been rejected or cast aside …M19 sl.
– THE CHILLY MITT cold treatment or rejection …1900 Amer. sl.
– COOLER a chilly glance; a snub; rejection …20C Aust. sl.
– E dismissal, rejection …1994 UK sl.
– ICE a cool reception; a brush-off; a snub; an act of rejection …L19 US sl.
– ICEBERG ACT an act of rejection, esp. between lovers; unfriendly treatment …1953 US sl.
– ICE MITT a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception …1935 Amer. dial.
– ICY MITT the cold shoulder; a cold or hostile reception; a show of deliberate indifference or disregard; a rejection or refusal; a snub …1907
– ICY MITTEN a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception …1897   Amer. dial.
– IG a snub, a rejection …1963 Amer. dial.
– IGG a snub, a rejection …1963 Amer. dial.
– KNOCKBACK a rejection …L19 sl.
– OFF-FALLINGS scraps, crumbs, rejects, things thrown aside …1660 Sc.
– P rejection, dismissal …2000s Black British sl.
– RASPBERRY a rejection, dismissal …1910s sl.
– SCORN a snub, a brusque rejection, esp. of an offer of marriage; a slight in love …c1746 Sc.
– SHUT-DOOR a rejection, a refusal …2001 UK sl.
– SKI-BUNK a rejection; an act of dismissal …1900s US sl.
– SPANISH ARCHER dismissal; a rejection …2000 UK sl.
 
REJECT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– CASTAWAY one who is cast away or rejected; a reprobate …1526
– CASTER anyone or anything that has been rejected or cast aside …M19 sl.
 
REJECT etc. – VERBS
– ABJECTATE to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject …c1475 obs.
– AVERSATE to turn away from, to regard with aversion, to reject …1725 obs. rare
– AX to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject …1922 sl.
– AXE to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject …1922 sl.
– BACKSPEAK to gainsay, to reject, to object to …1871 Sc.
– BASKET to reject as unsuitable …1867
– BELIE to give the lie to; to call false, to contradict as a lie or a liar; to reject as false, to deny the truth of …1577 obs.
– CHILL to reject someone …Bk2006 US sl.
– COCK ONE’S NEB to ‘turn up one’s nose’; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject …1870 Eng. dial.
– COCK UP ONE’S NEB to ‘turn up one’s nose’; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject …1870 Eng. dial.
– DECARD to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss …1605 obs.
– DING to reject …1965 US sl.
– DISAPPOINT to reject in love or marriage …1857 Amer. dial.
– DUST OFF to reject, to snub …1940s US sl.
– EIGHTY-SIX to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon …1958 US sl.
– FEEL A DRAFT to sense that one is being rejected; to sense that someone is cool toward one, possibly for racial reasons …Bk2006 US sl.
– FIRE to reject, to jilt a person …1941 Amer. dial.
– GET THE KAPUT to be rejected or dismissed …1910s sl.
– GIVE (A PERSON) THE AIR to dismiss a person; to reject …1900 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– GIVE ONE THE IGG to reject a suitor …1965 Amer. dial.
– GIVE THE ATMOSPHERE to reject …1938 Amer. sl.
– GIVE THE BAG to jilt or reject a suitor …1798 Amer. sl.
– GIVE THE ICY MITT to reject as a suitor …1915 Amer. dial.
– ICE to reject, to turn down, to cease …1960s African-American sl.
– IG(G) to ignore; to snub; to reject …1946 Amer. dial.
– IXNAY to reject, to decline, to dismiss, to cancel …1937 US colloq.
– JAG to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject …1968 Amer. dial.
– JAG OFF to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject …1968 Amer. dial.
– KECK AT to reject food, medicine, etc. with loathing …1642
– KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down …1809 Amer. dial.
– KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down …1941 Amer. dial.
– KICK (SOMEONE) OUT ON HIS ASS to abruptly expel, reject, or dismiss someone from a place, position, etc. …1969
– KNOCK BACK to reject …1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
– MITTEN to reject or dismiss a man’s invitation or proposal of marriage; to jilt …1873 Amer. dial.
– NIX to reject, to deny …1903 US sl.
– OFF to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop …1908 US sl., chiefly Black usage
– PACK to reject a lover …1970s sl.
– PACK UP to reject …1970s sl.
– PIP to reject or disqualify; to fail a candidate in an examination; of a candidate: to fail an examination …1908
– POP OFF THE HANDLE to reject, to dismiss …M19 US sl.
– PUT ON ONE SIDE to decline, to reject; to throw over …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RELUCTATE to strive against, to refuse, to reject …1681 rare
– SACK to reject or dismiss something or someone …M19 sl.
– SACK OFF to reject something …2002 UK sl.
– SCOOT to reject with disdain, to flout, to disparage …1827 Sc.
– SEND TO THE SHOWERS to send off or eject someone from a match, race, or contest; to reject, overcome, or defeat decisively …1913 colloq.
– SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless …sl.
– SPIKE to reject, to quash, to delete …20C US sl.
– TAKE THE ZERO to pass something by, to turn down an offer, to reject …1980s US college sl.
– THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
– THROW (SOMEONE) OUT ON HIS ASS to abruptly expel, reject, or dismiss someone from a place, position, etc. …1969
– WAIVE † to refuse or reject something offered …c1386
 
REJOICE. REJOICED, REJOICING – ADJECTIVES
– CONJUBILANT shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together …1851 rare
– FAIN glad, rejoiced, well-pleased …8-11C Beowulf now chiefly poetic or Eng. dial.
– JUBILOSE jubilant, rejoicing …c1450 obs. rare
– LAETABLE ‘worthy to bee rejoyced at’ …1623 obs. rare
 
REJOICE etc. – NOUNS
– FEAST rejoicing, festivity …c1300 obs.
– GALA festivity, gaiety, rejoicing …1716 obs.
– GAUD a festivity, rejoicing …1571 obs.
– GAUDY rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making …1535 obs.
– GAUDY-DAY a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day …1567
– GAWD a festivity, rejoicing …1571 obs.
– GAWDY-DAY a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day …1567
– LAETIFICATION rejoicing; also, a making joyful …c1485 obs.
 
REJOICE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– GLADDER one who rejoices …a1382 obs.
 
REJOICE etc. – VERBS
– FAIN to be delighted or glad; to rejoice; also, to desire, to wish …c888 obs.
– JOISE to rejoice, to enjoy …c1320 obs.
– JUBILIZE to jubilate, to rejoice, to exult …1650
– KVELL to feel or show great happiness, pride, or satisfaction; to exult, to rejoice …1940 colloq., esp. Jewish usage
​- LAETIFICATE to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice …1623 obs. rare
– LETIFICATE to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice  …1547 obs. rare
– LETIFY to make glad, to rejoice …1579 obs.
– OBLECT to delight, to please, to rejoice …1555 obs. rare
– OBLECTATE to delight, to please highly, to rejoice …1611 obs. rare
– REJOY to rejoice, to be joyful …c1315 obs.
– REJOY to make joyful or happy; to cause to rejoice …c1374
– SATA; SATTA to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise …1950s W. I. Rasta
 
REJOINDER – NOUNS
– ANSWER-BACK a rejoinder or repartee …1925
– CAP a rejoinder …1940s sl., orig. African-American
– TALIATION a retaliatory answer, a retort, a rejoinder …1822 Sc. nonce word obs.
 
REJOINDER – PHRASES
– ‘AY IS FOR ‘ORSES used as a disdainful rejoinder when someone says ‘eh?’ …1738 Brit.
– CAN A DUCK WHISTLE? a sarcastic rejoinder …M19 sl.
– FIGURES CAN’T LIE – BUT LIARS CAN FIGURE rejoinder to the cliche ‘figures can’t (or don’t) lie …c1960 Aust. sl.
 
REJUVENATE – VERBS
– RACHEL to rejuvenate; to renovate …c1890s
 
RELAPSE, RELAPSING – PREPOSITIONS
– BACKWARDING relapsing into sickness …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
RELAPSE etc. – NOUNS
– BACK-CA’ a reverse, a relapse …1830 Sc.
– BACKCAST an unexpected blow, a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BACKENING relapse in illness …1878 Eng. dial.
– BACK-FLING a relapse during illness …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BACK-GAIN a relapse in illness …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BACKGANGIN a relapse …1819 Sc.
– BACK-KNOCK a relapse during illness …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BACKSET of  health, worldly circumstances, vegetation, etc.: anything that checks one’s course or causes a relapse; a relapse in illness …1721
– BACK-THRUST a relapse during illness …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BACK-TURN a relapse …1932 Sc.
– THROW-BACK anything which retards progress, esp. a relapse in illness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
RELAPSE etc. – VERBS
– BACKEN to get worse, to have a relapse in illness …1891 Eng. dial.
– BE THROWN BACK to suffer a relapse in illness …1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GET THROWN BACK to suffer a relapse in illness …1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GO BACKWARD to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide …c1400 obs.
– TAKE A BACKSET to relapse during convalescence …1880 Amer. dial.
 
RELATE – VERBS
– ACCOUNT to recount, to relate …c1386 obs.
– BEHOLD to pertain, relate or belong to; to concern …c1175 obs.
– DECLARE to manifest, to make known; to describe, to state in detail; to recount, to relate …c1340 obs.
– SCANCE to give a slight account of …1806 Sc.
 
RELATED – ADJECTIVES (also see cousin, etc.)
– AGNATICAL related on the father’s side …1660 obs. rare
– AIM nearly akin, related …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AKINNED akin, related …1937 Amer. dial.
– DISTANT distantly related …1969 Amer. dial.
– NEAR closely related to; intimate with …c1470 obs.
– NEAR-BLUDIT closely related …Bk1905 Sc.
– NEAR FRIEND closely related or connected …Bk1905 Sc.
– NEARSOME closely related …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NECESSARY closely related or connected; intimate …1382 obs. rare
– OUT OF KIN not related …1913 Amer. dial.
– SIB related by blood or descent; akin …before 825, now chiefly Sc. or arch.
– SIBBED akin …1674 Eng. dial.
– TENDER nearly related; akin …1889 Sc.
– UMBILICAL related on the female side …1888
 
RELATED – ADJECTIVES, NOT RELATED
– OUT OF KIN not related …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
RELATED – ADVERBS
– NEARLY with close kinship, relationship, or connection; in close intimacy …1561
 
RELATED – NOUNS, PERSON
– MILK BROTHER a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman …1991 Amer. dial.
– MILK COUSIN a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman …1968 Amer. dial.
 
RELATION, RELATIVE – ADJECTIVES
– LONG-WAY-AROUND of a relative: distant, remote …1991 Amer. dial.
– NECESSITUDINARY belonging to friendship, relation etc. …1721 obs. rare
– NEPOTIOUS excessively fond of one’s nephews and other relatives …1834 rare
 
RELATION etc. – NOUNS
– NECESSITUDE a relation or connection between persons …1612 obs.
– SEED, BREED, AND GENERATION the whole of one’s family and relatives …1792 Eng. dial.
 
RELATION etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BACKYARD COUSIN a person you’re not especially proud to own …1983 Amer. dial.
– BACKYARD RELATION a relative by illegitimate birth …1939 Amer. dial.
– BARNYARD RELATION a distant relation …1967 Amer. dial.
– BEDSTEAD RELATION an in-law; a relation you get in marriage …1967 Amer. dial.
– BELANGINGS relatives, family connections …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLOOD a blood relation …1960s Black British sl.
– BLOOD-FRIEND a blood relation …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUTTONHOLE CONNECTION a distant relative; a family friend …1913 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONHOLE COUSIN a distant relative; a family friend …1959 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONHOLE RELATION a distant relative; a family friend …1913 Amer. dial.
– BY-SYBBE a relative …c1440 obs.
– CAT-RAN-THROUGH-THE-GARRET RELATION a distant relative …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CLAN relations …1978 jocular
– CONSOBRINE a cousin, a relation …17C obs.
– FRIENDMAN a relative …a1200 obs.
– GADLING;  GEDLING a kinsman, a relative; also, a nephew, a cousin …c1000 obs.
– GATSHIRD a relation, a cousin …1825 Sc.
– GENTLE BEGGAR a poor relation …1824 Sc. obs.
– GERMAN one sprung from the same stock; a brother, a near relative; one approaching a brother in nearness of blood; generally applied to the children of brothers and sisters, who are called cousins german …1491 obs.
– GERMANE a close relative, a full brother or sister …1502 rare
– GRASS RELATION a person related to another as a result of divorce and remarriage …1942 Amer. dial.
– HALF-BROTHER a cousin where the fathers are brothers …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– KENTISH COUSINS distant relatives …a1796
– KETTLE COUSIN a poor relative, who ‘licks the kettle for his supper’ …1960 Amer. dial.
– KITH AND KIN friends and relatives
– LEFT-HANDED RELATION an in-law rather than a blood relative …1931 Amer. dial.
– MILK BROTHER a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman …1991 Amer. dial.
– MILK COUSIN a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman …1968 Amer. dial. 
– MOWE a female relative; a kinswoman, esp. by marriage, as a sister-in-law, etc. …c1200 obs.
– NECESSARY a near friend or kinsman …1382 obs. rare
– RELATIONIST a relative, a relation …B1900 obs.
– RELLIES relatives …1921 colloq.
– SHIRTTAIL KIN distant relatives …1941 Amer. dial., often derogatory
– SHIRTTAIL RELATION a distant relative …1927 Amer. dial., often derogatory
– SHIRTTAIL RELATIVE a distant relative …1945 Amer. dial. ,often derogatory
– SHOESTRING RELATION a distant relative …2001 Amer. dial.
– SIB a kinsman or kinswoman …a1023
– SIBMAN a kinsman …a1300 obs.
– SIBNESS kinsfolk, relatives …a1290 obs.
– SIBS kinsfolk, relatives …a1000
– THIRDS-OF-KIN a relative in the third degree …1892 Sc.
– TRIBE a large family or group of relatives …1833 sl.
– WICKED UNCLE a relative who treats a child dependent on him with cruelty …Bk1922
– WOODPILE COUSIN an actual, if distant, blood relative …1975 US sl.
– WOOD-PILE RELATION a remote or distant relation …1913 Amer. dial.
– YOUNG BLOOD a blood relation …1972 Black British sl.
 
RELATIONSHIP – NOUNS
– DANCE OF DEATH a relationship or marriage between two addicts …1998 sl.
– DEAR JANE a letter concluding a relationship …1980s sl.
– DEAR JOHN a letter concluding a relationship, usually sent by the woman and received by the man, often in prison or serving in the forces …1940s sl.
– GAME a romantic or sexual relationship outside your primary relationship …1958 UK sl.
– LOVEFEST a close, happy relationship …1995 US sl.
– SAILOR’S ELBOW an act of ending a relationship with a lover …2003 UK sl.
– SANGUINITY blood relationship …c1470 obs.
– SIB kinship, relationship … before 825  rare
– SIBNESS relationship; kinship …a1240 obs. exc. Sc.
– SIBRED relationship, kinship …a1127 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WALKING PAPERS an announcement that a relationship is over; divorce papers …E19 sl.
 
RELATIONSHIP – NOUNS, PERSON
– HOT ITEM a couple having a romantic relationship …1980s US sl.
– SIDE GAL a woman with whom a man has an illicit or secret relationship; one courted unbeknownst to one’s steady …1928 Amer. dial.
– SIDE GIRL a woman with whom a man has an illicit or secret relationship; one courted unbeknownst to one’s steady …1928 Amer. dial.
– SKEEZA;  SKEEZER a person, usually a female, who attempts to have a relationship with a member of the opposite sex for their material possessions, in order to make an impression on other people …1980s sl., orig. African-American
– SKEEZE same as ‘SKEEZA’ …1980s sl., orig. US
 
RELATIONSHIP – VERBS
– CHARGE SOMEONE OFF to end or deny a relationship …1969 Amer. dial.
– CUT IN to attempt a romantic relationship with someone already romantically involved …1950 US sl.
– DISMISS to end a relationship …1980s US students’ sl.
– GIVE ONE THE BUTTONS to stop seeing someone …1954 Amer. dial.
– GIVE SOMEONE THEIR P45 to break off a romantic relationship with someone …1996 Sc.
– LOCK to form a close relationship with; to bind in a relationship; to marry …1938 Amer. dial.
– PACK A SAD to break off a relationship …1994 NZ sl.
– PACK IN to end a relationship …1950s sl.
– RUN AROUND to have a relationship; also a friendship …L19 orig. US
– SACK to end a relationship, esp. in an abrupt, brutal manner …1970s sl.
– SPLIT UP to end a relationship …1903 sl.
– VIBE to carry on a relationship, usually sexual …1980s African-American sl.
 
RELATIVE – see RELATION
 
RELAX, RELAXATION, RELAXED, RELAXING – ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
– CUSHY of a person: relaxed and pleasant; easygoing …1887 colloq.
– GO-EASY easygoing, relaxed …1877 Amer. dial.
– ICE adj. cool, relaxed, calm, self-contained …1970s African-American
– IN EFFECT MODE in a relaxed, stress-free state of mind …1980s African-American teen sl.
– KOOK AND THE GANG unemotional and relaxed, calm, imperturbable; excellent, admirable, wonderful …2003 Irish sl.
– LAID-BACK relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual …1969 US colloq.
– LASH in a physical sense: loose, lax, relaxed …1513 obs.
– LOOSE AS A GOOSE very loose indeed; completely relaxed …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– NONCH utterly relaxed, completely at ease …1958 UK sl.
– SLAP-HAPPY excessively relaxed or casual …1937 sl.
– SLUNG UP relaxed, at ease …1990 US sl.
– TOGETHER well-organized, mentally composed, emotionally stable, relaxed …1969 colloq., orig. US
 
RELAX etc. – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
– EASE UP! relax! lighten up! …M19 sl.
– EASY! an exhortation to relax, not get flustered, stay cool …M19 sl.
– EASY DOES IT calm down; relax …Bk2006 US sl.
– EASY, GREASY! take it easy! …1955 US teen sl.
– PAR-TY! used as an exhortation to relax and enjoy yourself …1988 US sl.
– TAKE A MIDOL! relax! calm down! …1980s US college sl.
– TAKE IT DOWN A THOUSAND! relax! calm down! …1980s US college sl.
– TAKE IT EASY relax, don’t worry, calm down …M19 sl.
– TAKE IT SLOW calm down, quieten down, relax …1930s sl., orig. African-American
– TAN-STUDY calm down, relax …1990s W. Indies sl.
 
RELAX etc. – NOUNS
– BUGGIN’ a state of relaxation …20C teen & high school sl.
– CHILLAXIN’ a period of relaxing and chilling …Bk2006 US sl.
– COOLING relaxing …1980s US sl.
– GOOF TIME a period of relaxation …1910s sl.
– LAXATION the act of loosening or relaxing; the state of being loosened or relaxed …1398
– SCOUTH;  SCOWTH relaxation from work, a holiday, time off …1867 Sc. 
– VACANCE leisure, relaxation …1609 obs. rare
– VEGETATION relaxation …1986 US sl.
 
RELAX etc. – VERBS
– CABBAGE OUT to relax …2003 NZ sl.
– CHILL to calm down, to become cool; to relax …20C teen & high school sl.
– CHILL OUT to take it easy; to relax; to calm down …1980 US sl.
– CHILLY DOWN to take it easy, to relax, to calm down …1986 Amer. sl.
– CHIZ to relax …Bk2006 US college sl.
– COAST to idle; to relax …1981 US sl.
– COOL IT to calm down, to relax, to take it easy …1953 sl., orig. US
– COOL OUT to calm down; to relax …Bk2006 US sl.
– EASE IT to relax, to let up on some form of crime or rule-breaking …1940s UK prison sl.
– EASE UP to relax, to ‘lighten up’ …M19 sl.
– FALL OUT to relax …1950s sl.
– GEL to relax …20C teen & high school sl.
– GIVE SOME SLACK to let someone relax, to stop pressuring …1950s sl.
– HANG LOOSE to be composed or relaxed …1968 sl., orig. US
– KEEP ONE’S HAIR ON to keep one’s composure, to remain relaxed …1883 sl.
– KEEP ONE’S SHIRT ON to keep one’s composure, to remain calm or relaxed …1854 sl., orig. US
– KICK to idle, to relax …1983 US sl.
– KICK BACK to relax …1972 US sl.
– KICK IT to idle, to relax …1983 US sl.
– LAMP to pass time idly, without purpose; to loaf; to relax …1988 US rap music usage
– LASK to lower in quality, quantity, or strength, to relax; to shorten life; to alleviate pain …c1350 obs.
– LAXATE to loosen, to relax …1623 obs.
– LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax …1858 Amer. dial.
– LEATH to mitigate, to soften, to relax …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LEESE to loosen, to unloose; to unfasten, to open; to relax the body …c1250 obs.
– LET ALL HOLTS GO to relax or lose one’s grip; to abandon one’s position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing …1894 Amer. dial.
– LET IT ALL HANG OUT to relax, to take it easy …1970 sl., orig. US
– LET LOOSE ALL HOLTS to relax or lose one’s grip; to abandon one’s position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing …1943 Amer. dial.
– MAX to relax …1984 US sl.
– MAX OUT to relax …1984 US sl.
– MELLOW OUT to relax, to take it easy; usually applied to relaxing under the influence of a drug …1974 US sl.
– PAR to relax with, to associate with …1990s W. Indies sl.
– PARLAY to calm down, to relax …1990s African-American sl.
– PLAY IT COOL to keep one’s composure; to remain relaxed …1942 sl.
– TAKE A CHILL PILL to relax, to calm down …1980s African-American & students’ sl.
– TAKE IT COOL to relax, to remain undisturbed by events …M19 sl.
– TAKE IT EASY to relax, to not worry about anything; to take time off …M19 sl.
– TAKE IT NELSON to relax …1996 UK sl.
– TOLERATE to relax …1579-80 obs. rare
– UNBRACE to relax in feeling; to free oneself from restraint …c1485 obs.
– UNLAX to relax, to unwind …1920s US sl.
– UNWIND to relax after a period of tension or stress …1958 UK sl.
– VEG OUT to do nothing; to relax in an inert passive way; to lapse into a totally apathetic and passive state …1960s sl.
– VIBE OUT to relax, to take a break …1990s W. Indies sl.
– WALK COOL to act in an unconcerned, relaxed manner, esp. in the face of problems or menaces …1960s African-American sl.
– ZONE to relax …1990s sl.
– ZONE OUT to relax …1990s sl.