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Loosening

verb
Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.verbTo make loose.
"After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt."
2.verbTo become loose.
"I noticed that my seatbelt had gradually loosened during the journey."
3.verbTo disengage (a device that restrains).
4.verbTo become unfastened or undone.
5.verbTo free from restraint; to set at liberty.
6.verbTo relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
7.verbTo create a breach or rift between (two parties).
8.verbTo sail away (from the shore).
9.nounThe act of making something looser.

Synonyms

easerelaxuntightenliberatereleaseset freeput outundounfastenslackeningrelaxationuncoupling

Antonyms

tighten
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