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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:
loosen
To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness:
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  1. To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness:
  2. To become loose or looser:
  3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
retard
To be delayed or undergo retardation
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  1. To be delayed or undergo retardation
  2. To hinder, delay, or slow the advance or progress of
  3. To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede.
reduce
To become reduced
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  1. To become reduced
  2. To bring into a certain order; systematize
  3. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness:
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
loosen
To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
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  1. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
  2. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
  3. To become loose or looser:
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:
untighten
To loosen; to make something less tight.
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  1. To loosen; to make something less tight.
abate
To become reduced for a period of time.
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  1. To become reduced for a period of time.
  2. To become less in amount, degree, force, etc.; diminish
  3. To fall off in degree or intensity; subside:
bate
To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
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  1. To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
  2. (Nonstandard) simple past tense of beat; = beat.
  3. (Sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
down
In or to a place thought of as lower or below; often, specif., southward
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  1. In or to a place thought of as lower or below; often, specif., southward
  2. To a lower volume of sound
  3. Into a low or prostrate physical condition
off
So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated:
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  1. So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated:
  2. Away from one's work or usual activity
  3. So as to be no longer in operation, function, continuance, etc.
ease
To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
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  1. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
  2. To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress:
  3. To move or proceed with little effort:
ebb
To weaken or lessen; decline
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  1. To weaken or lessen; decline
  2. To fall back from the flood stage.
fall
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
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  1. (--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
  2. To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation:
  3. To come forth as if by falling; issue:
fall off
(Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
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  1. (Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
  2. (Nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
  3. (Intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
lapse
To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
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  1. To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
  2. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
  3. To slip or deviate from a higher standard or fall into (former) erroneous ways; backslide
let up
(Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
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  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
moderate
To serve as a moderator
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  1. To serve as a moderator
  2. To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.
  3. To become moderate
remit
To allow to slacken:
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  1. To allow to slacken:
  2. To send (money) in payment
  3. To become more moderate in force or intensity
slack off
To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
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  1. To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
subside
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
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  1. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  2. To sit down slowly; settle down:
  3. To sink or fall to the bottom; settle, as sediment
wane
To decline in power, importance, prosperity, influence, etc.
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  1. To decline in power, importance, prosperity, influence, etc.
  2. To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
  3. To become less intense, bright, strong, etc.; grow dim or faint, as a light
ease off
To reduce pressure; to become less serious
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  1. To reduce pressure; to become less serious
relent
(Obs.) To melt
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  1. (Obs.) To melt
  2. To become more lenient, compassionate, or forgiving.
  3. To become less severe or intense; slacken:
soften
To make less harsh, strident, or critical:
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  1. To make less harsh, strident, or critical:
  2. To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
  3. To become soft or softer.
weaken
To make or become weak or weaker
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  1. To make or become weak or weaker
  2. (Intransitive) To become weaker.
yield
To produce a return for effort or investment:
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  1. To produce a return for effort or investment:
  2. To produce or bear
  3. To produce
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Sentence Examples

  • Suddenly the threads that moved them began to slacken and become entangled and it grew difficult to move.

  • Table Potential, Dissipation, Ioniz If we regard the potential gradient near the ground as representing a negative charge on the earth, then if the source of supply of that charge is unaffected the gradient will rise and become high when the operations by which discharge is promoted slacken their activity.

  • This has a slotted end, engaged by a pin P fixed to the framing, and it will be seen that its action is to slacken the band if the load tends to rise and to tighten it in the contrary case.

  • Very soon the barons began to return to their allegiance, or at least to slacken in their support of Louis, who had given much offence by his openly displayed distrust of his partisans and his undisguised preference for his French followers.

  • The Slavonic language still reigned supreme in the Church; yet once the example had been set in Transylvania, and the influence of the Slavonic nations had begun to slacken, it was inevitable that the Rumanian language should sooner or later come to its own.

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