recline

Meanings

Verb

• To cause to lean back; to bend back.
• To put in a resting position.
• To lean back.
• To put oneself in a resting position.

Noun

• A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin reclino ("to bend back"). Confer decline, incline.