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Another word for loosen

Verb

  1. To free from ties or fasteners

    2. See also:

    tighten

  2. To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity

    3. See also:

    tighten

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Sentence Examples

  • I'm going to take him for a ride to loosen up.

  • laxare, to loosen), e.g.

  • absolutio from absolvo, loosen, acquit), a term used in civil and ecclesiastical law, denoting the act of setting free or acquitting.

  • Moreover, the countries formerly subdued by the Franks availed themselves of this opportunity to loosen the yoke; Thuringia was lost by Sigebert in 641, and the revolt of Alamannia in 643 set back the frontier of the kingdom from the Elbe to Austrasia.

  • And further, by inviting them to loosen, though not exactly to dissolve, their political allegiance - the very thing that gave them stability - it removed the foundation on which they rested.

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