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Slacken

//ˈslæ.kən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag. intransitive

    "The pace slackened."

  2. 2
    make slack as by lessening tension or firmness wordnet
  3. 3
    To make slack, less taut, or less intense. transitive

    "slacken the rope"

  4. 4
    become looser or slack wordnet
  5. 5
    To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

    "to slacken lime"

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  1. 6
    become slow or slower wordnet
  2. 7
    make less active or fast wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English slakenen, equivalent to slack + -en.

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