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from: “Bedpan Elegance: Celebrating the Beauty of an Everyday Object”

..."a series of thirty photographs of bedpans and other elimination vessels by William W. DuBois, professor and chair of Visual Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Since 1978, Professor DuBois has amassed a private collection of more than sixty bedpans in a variety of durable materials such as enamelware and ceramic, documenting a period of medical history before the revolution of disposable plastics. He has combined his collection with his passion for photography, resulting in these one-of-a-kind images of bedpan elegance"...

Verb

• S: (v) relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down (become less tense, rest, or take one's ease) "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
• S: (v) relax, unbend (make less taut) "relax the tension on the rope"
• S: (v) loosen, relax, loose (become loose or looser or less tight) "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
• S: (v) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed (cause to feel relaxed) "A hot bath always relaxes me"
• S: (v) relax, loosen up (become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner) "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
• S: (v) relax, loosen (make less severe or strict) "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
• S: (v) relax, loosen (become less severe or strict) "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
• S: (v) slack, slacken, slack up, relax (make less active or fast) "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

Definition of "relax" from Princeton's WordNet