No. 11,397 in French

relâcher

To release or to relax.

In a sentence

Il faut relâcher la pression pour se détendre.
You need to release the pressure to relax.
In this sentence, 'relâcher' is used to mean 'release' or 'let go', referring psychologically relaxing or easing pressure.
Les gardes ont décidé de relâcher le prisonnier.
The guards decided to release the prisoner.
Here, 'relâcher' is used to denote 'release' in the physical sense, such as freeing someone from captivity.
Après un effort intense, les muscles doivent se relâcher.
After an intense effort, the muscles need to relax.
In this case, 'relâcher' refers to 'relax' or 'loosen' in a physiological context, describing the action of muscles relaxing.

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