To open or make loose; untie, unlock, undo, etc.
To reduce in intensity; slacken:
To urge persistently; coax:
To untie, disassemble, or loosen:
To straighten out (difficulties, for example); resolve.
In a loose manner.
To reduce the tension of; relax; loosen
To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
(Chem.) To free from combination in a compound
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
(Rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
To free from pain, worry, or trouble; comfort
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(Electricity) To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
To make slower:
To release or relax a clasp or grasp; let go.
To go, move, pass, etc. smoothly, quickly, or easily
To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
stiffens (antonym)
To make or become stiff or stiffer.
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tightens (antonym)
(Economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
Find another word for loosens. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for loosens, like: unfastens, relaxes, teases, undoes, unties, looses, unchains, unbinds, slackens, relieves and liberates.
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