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リラックスする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Common loanword used as a noun or with する to mean relaxing physically or mentally. Often implies a casual, comfortable state.

〈人ひと〉がリラックスするfor someone to relax
彼かれはソファに座すわってリラックスしている。
He is sitting on the sofa, relaxing.
〈人ひと〉を〈物もの〉でリラックスさせるto relax someone with something
音おん楽がくは心こころをリラックスさせる効こう果かがある。
Music has the effect of relaxing the mind.
リラックスした〈事こと〉a relaxed (atmosphere/state)
リラックスした雰ふん囲い気きで会かい議ぎが進すすんだ。
The meeting proceeded in a relaxed atmosphere.
リラックスして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a relaxed way
リラックスして試し験けんを受うけたら、うまくいった。
I took the exam relaxed, and it went well.

くつろぐN2
くつろぐ is a native Japanese verb for relaxing comfortably, often in a physical space like home, while リラックス is a general loanword covering both mental and physical relaxation.
リラクゼーション
リラクゼーション is also from English 'relaxation' but is used in commercial or therapeutic contexts like spas, whereas リラックス is the everyday word for relaxing.
気き楽らくN2
気楽 describes a carefree, worry-free state of mind, while リラックス specifically refers to easing physical or mental tension.
安やすらぐN1
安らぐ is a more literary verb meaning to feel at peace or calm, while リラックス is the casual, common loanword for relaxing.

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ゆったりN2
リラックス is a loanword for deliberately relaxing (e.g. after stress), whereas ゆったり describes a naturally easygoing, roomy state.
緩ゆるむN1
リラックスする is a casual loanword for a person consciously relaxing, while 緩む describes tension easing naturally, as in a face or one's guard.

緊きん張ちょうN4
緊張 means tension or nervousness, the opposite state of リラックス, which means relaxation.

Loanword from English 'relax', adopted into Japanese with the katakana spelling リラックス.