Dictionary Definition
loosening
Noun
1 an occurrence of control or strength weakening;
"the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the
slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation, slackening]
2 the act of making something less tight [syn:
laxation] [ant:
tightening]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
loosening- present participle of loosen
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abatement, allayment, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, calming, carelessness, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easiness, easing, easygoingness, emollient, falling-off,
hushing, impotence, imprecision, indifference, laxity, laxness, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, looseness, lulling, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mollifying, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness,
pacification,
palliation, permissiveness, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relaxedness, relaxing, remission, remissness, slackening, slackness, sloppiness, softening, softness, soothing, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization,
unrestraint,
weakness