recline

To cause to lean back; to bend back.

To put in a resting position.

She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.

The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.

To lean back.

to recline against a wall

To put oneself in a resting position.

to recline on a couch

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.

To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats.