Meaning of LOOSENING

Pronunciation:			l'oosuning
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the act of making something less tight [n]  an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
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	Synonyms:		laxation, relaxation, slackening
	Antonyms:		tightening
	See Also:		adjustment, alteration, modification, undoing, unfastening, untying, weakening
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		abatement, allayment, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, calming, carelessness, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easiness, easing, easygoingness, emollient, falling-off, hushing, impotence, imprecision, indifference, laxity, laxness, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, looseness, lulling, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mollifying, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pacification, palliation, permissiveness, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relaxedness, relaxing, remission, remissness, slackening, slackness, sloppiness, softening, softness, soothing, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization, unrestraint, weakness