Slackening synonyms
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Part of speech:
Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
A low state; a state of depression.
A temporary stop; a pause.
Wane is defined as a period of decline in size or intensity.
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increase (related)
An increasing or becoming increased
(Physiology) The lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers.
The act of making something looser.
To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
To reduce in intensity; slacken:
(Followed by “off"") to procrastinate; to be lazy
To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To weaken or lessen; decline
To reduce the strain, tension, or pressure of or on; loosen; slacken
Off is defined as to be less than.
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Toward or at a low or lower point on a scale:
To fall off in degree or intensity; subside:
To make or become weak or weaker
To make suitable, desirable, or free from excess by mingling with something else; reduce in intensity, esp. by the admixture of some other quality; moderate; assuage; mollify
To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
(Intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
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To reduce is to make something smaller or to become or feel smaller, or forcing someone into a less desirable position.
To lose strength; grow weak or tired
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.
To decrease is defined as to make something smaller or fewer or to become smaller or fewer.
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To produce a return for effort or investment:
increasing (related)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
tightening (related)
The definition of tighten is to make something more fixed in place, more constricted, or more snug.
Find another word for slackening. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slackening, like: lapsing, abatement, ebb, letup, remission, subsidence, wane, increase, relaxation, loosening and remitting.