Loosening: 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 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 Weaken

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To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

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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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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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of Slacken

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