It is usually associated with gradual relaxation of induced stress along the axis and/or at the interface.

The move is in line with the Army's gradual relaxation of restrictive measures taken against Palestinian organizations in the last several weeks.

He felt the change in her start slowly, a gradual relaxation of the limbs, a dreamy murmuring of his name.

It didn't cure any of her problems, no, that could come later, but her gradual relaxation at least opened a doorway toward a cure.

It recommended a gradual relaxation of the existing U.S. government restrictions on encryption.

With the gradual relaxation of mores in Spain in the mid-1980s, there was a perceived explosion of out-of-wedlock births.

Step by step, after consulting its experts, the Executive Commission can then recommend governments a gradual relaxation of the ban.

We might also see the gradual relaxation of bars against polygamy.

Geisel replaced several regional commanders with trusted officers and labeled his political program distensão, meaning a gradual relaxation of authoritarian rule.

Slowly the tension went out of him and he began a gradual relaxation; in another moment he believed he could sense matterless forces working on him.