slacken

Meaning

1. To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
2. To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

Synonyms

loosen

relax

abate

slow down

reduce

become loose

ease

slack

diminish

weaken

flag

untie

decrease

lessen

remit

delay

release

slow

slack up

deaden

ease off

let up

loose

retard

unfasten

unwind

loosen up

slack off

slow up

be less active

detain

let go

slock

cause to sag

decrescendo

looseness

lower

mitigate

moisten

nip

pay out

pluck

prolong

quieten

decline

damp

relaxation

cut out

relent

relieve

cut

remove

turn loose

send

separate

sever

shut up

clip

carve

calm down

break

soften

still

subside

slacken off

tranquilize

unbend

unbind

unbrace

veer out

unloose

unravel

unroll

unscrew

be idle

attenuate

veer

wane

back off

grow weak

grow weaker

let go of

become indifferent

lose interest

drop

drop off

dispatch

make loose

ease up

ebb

fade away

die down

free

🆓

give

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslæ.kən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slakenen

In summary

From Middle English slakenen, equivalent to slack + -en.