The act or process of manipulating the soft tissues of the body for therapeutic purposes such as relaxation, pain relief, or muscle tension reduction. After a long week at work, she treated herself to a relaxing massage at the spa.
A session or treatment in which the body is massaged. He booked a massage to help alleviate the stress in his shoulders.
The strategic alteration or presentation of data, information, or facts so as to create a more favorable impression. Critics accused the company of giving the figures a quick massage before releasing them to investors.