loosening
noun
1 loosening
An occurrence of control or strength weakening:
— The loosening of his grip.
synonyms: relaxation, slackening.
Roget 47: nonadhesion†; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness etc. adj.; laxity; relaxation; loosening etc. v.; freedom; disjunction ... show more
Roget 738: laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration etc. (lenity) 740; freedom etc. 748. anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; ... show more
2 loosening
The act of making something less tight.
synonym: laxation.
Polish: obruszenie się, poluzowanie się, obluzowanie się
Moby thesaurus: abatement, allayment, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, calming, carelessness, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easiness, easing, easygoingness, emollient, falling-off, hushing ... show more.
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