loosening

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of loosen

Noun

The act of making something looser.

loosen

1. (transitive) To make loose.
2. (intransitive) To become loose.
3. (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
4. (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
5. (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
6. (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To sail away (from the shore).

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Synonyms

slackening

relaxing

laxation

weakening

liberating

relaxation

looseness

mitigation

parting

release

relief

ripping

soaking

softening

unfastening

untying

abatement

setting at liberty

alleviation

diminishing

ease

laxative

letting go

Translations

auflockernd

lockernd

relaxamento

relaxament

Ablösung

Lösung

χαλάρωση

solutio

soltura

desfixação

التخفيف

aflojamiento