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Noun slackening has 1 sense
- relaxation, loosening, slackening - an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
--1 is a kind of weakening
--1 has particulars: thaw
Verb slacken has 4 senses
- slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
--1 is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- slack, slacken, slack up, relax - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- slacken - become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
--3 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- slacken, remit - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
--4 is one way to loosen, loose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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