relaxableadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlaksəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈæksəb(ə)l/,

/riˈlæksəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relax v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < relax v. + -able suffix. Compare relaxatory adj.

1. Of a law, restriction, etc.: that admits of being made less severe, strict, or exacting; that may be set aside in certain circumstances.

ΚΠ

1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized i. ii. 10 If the Law be relaxable, God might not haue released his Sonn from the suffering.

1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum i. i. 21 It was a penal Law, and therefore relaxable.

1711 T. Rawbone Path to Liberty i. 26 There being a difference likewise in the Matter of the Conditions, the Nature and Degree of the Penalty it self, as also in the Manner of the Sanction; the one being relaxable..the other being irreversible.

1826 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Feb. in N. F. Cabell Early Hist. Univ. Virginia (1856) ccvii. 365 I find no fault with their strict adherence to a rule generally useful, although relaxable in some cases under their discretion, of which they are the proper judges.

1888 S. G. Burney Atonement: Soteriology i. v. 48 Anselm makes the law unabrogable... Grotius makes it relaxable and even abrogable, if God should will either.

1948 Hindustan Times 9 May 2/4 (advt.) Caste restrictions relaxable.

1974 Nature 11 Oct. (advt.) Age Limit: Below 50 years relaxable in special cases.

2003 New Jersey Lawyer (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Decisions section) 19 The Director asserted that this language had to be strictly construed and was not ‘relaxable’.

†2. Of a fault, sin, etc.: capable of being remitted. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 501 Who doth so render himself obnoxious, that if he derogate from a creature, he may not suppose it to be relaxable to him by some pardon?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relaxable
释义	relaxableadj. Brit. /rᵻˈlaksəbl/, U.S. /rəˈæksəb(ə)l/, /riˈlæksəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relax v., -able suffix. Etymology: < relax v. + -able suffix. Compare relaxatory adj. 1. Of a law, restriction, etc.: that admits of being made less severe, strict, or exacting; that may be set aside in certain circumstances. ΚΠ 1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized i. ii. 10 If the Law be relaxable, God might not haue released his Sonn from the suffering. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum i. i. 21 It was a penal Law, and therefore relaxable. 1711 T. Rawbone Path to Liberty i. 26 There being a difference likewise in the Matter of the Conditions, the Nature and Degree of the Penalty it self, as also in the Manner of the Sanction; the one being relaxable..the other being irreversible. 1826 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Feb. in N. F. Cabell Early Hist. Univ. Virginia (1856) ccvii. 365 I find no fault with their strict adherence to a rule generally useful, although relaxable in some cases under their discretion, of which they are the proper judges. 1888 S. G. Burney Atonement: Soteriology i. v. 48 Anselm makes the law unabrogable... Grotius makes it relaxable and even abrogable, if God should will either. 1948 Hindustan Times 9 May 2/4 (advt.) Caste restrictions relaxable. 1974 Nature 11 Oct. (advt.) Age Limit: Below 50 years relaxable in special cases. 2003 New Jersey Lawyer (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Decisions section) 19 The Director asserted that this language had to be strictly construed and was not ‘relaxable’. †2. Of a fault, sin, etc.: capable of being remitted. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 501 Who doth so render himself obnoxious, that if he derogate from a creature, he may not suppose it to be relaxable to him by some pardon? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654
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