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extricate
To set free; release or disentangle (from a net, difficulty, etc.)
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  1. To set free; release or disentangle (from a net, difficulty, etc.)
  2. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
release
To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement:
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  1. To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement:
  2. To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go:
  3. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
unfix
To undo or cancel the arrangement of:
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  1. To undo or cancel the arrangement of:
  2. To cause to be unstable or uncertain:
  3. To alter (one's gaze) from a single object or direction.
relax
To rest from effort, worry, or work, as by lying down, engaging in recreation, etc.
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  1. To rest from effort, worry, or work, as by lying down, engaging in recreation, etc.
  2. To take one's ease; rest.
  3. To reduce in intensity; slacken:
slacken
(Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
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  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease:
  3. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen
let-go
To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
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  1. To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
  2. (Euphemistic) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
  3. (Euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
disengage
To release oneself or itself; become disengaged
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  1. To release oneself or itself; become disengaged
  2. (Intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
  3. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
loose
To let loose; release:
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  1. To let loose; release:
  2. To cast loose; detach:
  3. Loosely; in a loose manner
slip
To go, move, pass, etc. smoothly, quickly, or easily
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  1. To go, move, pass, etc. smoothly, quickly, or easily
  2. To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly:
  3. To release, loose, or unfasten:
unbind
To untie; unfasten
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  1. To untie; unfasten
  2. (Figuratively) To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
  3. To take bindings off.
unclasp
To release the clasp from something
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  1. To release the clasp from something
  2. (Intransitive) to become unfastened
  3. To release or relax a clasp or grasp; let go.
undo
To reverse the doing of (something accomplished); do away with; cancel; annul
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  1. To reverse the doing of (something accomplished); do away with; cancel; annul
  2. To open (a parcel, for example); unwrap.
  3. To come open or unfastened.
unfasten
To become loosened or separated.
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  1. To become loosened or separated.
  2. (Intransitive) To come untied or unloosed.
  3. To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
unloose
To make or set loose; loosen, release, undo, etc.
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  1. To make or set loose; loosen, release, undo, etc.
  2. To release from a constraint; to set free or liberate
  3. To relax:
unloosen
To unloose.
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  1. To unloose.
  2. To unloose; to loosen
untie
To resolve (perplexities, etc.)
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  1. To resolve (perplexities, etc.)
  2. To free from something that binds or restrains:
  3. To straighten out (difficulties, for example); resolve.
ease
To move or proceed with little effort:
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  1. To move or proceed with little effort:
  2. To lessen in tension, speed, pain, etc.
  3. To alleviate; assuage:
let up
(Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
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  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
loose
To let loose; release:
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  1. To let loose; release:
  2. To make less strict; relax:
  3. Loosely; in a loose manner
relax
To reduce in intensity; slacken:
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  1. To reduce in intensity; slacken:
  2. To become lax or loose.
  3. To treat (tightly curled hair) with a chemical solution so as to loosen the curls
slack
In a slack manner:
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  1. In a slack manner:
  2. To be or become slack; slacken
  3. To be inactive or avoid work:
slacken
(Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
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  1. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
  3. To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen
untighten
To loosen; to make something less tight.
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  1. To loosen; to make something less tight.
Find another word for loosen. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for loosen, like: extricate, release, unfix, relax, slacken, work loose, work free, go slack, break up, let-go and become unfastened.

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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