Laxation: alternatives and connections

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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The act of altering or making different.

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The act of expelling or throwing off

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The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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of Excrete

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The act of excreting.

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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of Void

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A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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The reversal of what has been done.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

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To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

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The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

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of Loosen

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of Tighten

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of Tighten

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