slacken

Verb

Verb Forms: slackened, slackening, slackens

• To make or become less tight, active, or intense.
• become slow or slower
• make less active or fast
  • "He slackened his pace as he got tired"
• become looser or slack
  • "the rope slackened"
• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
• To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
• To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
• To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

Examples

• His grip on victory began to SLACKEN as I played my final, game-winning word.
• slacken the rope
• The pace slackened.
• to slacken lime

Synonyms

relax, remit, slack, slack up, slow, slow down, slow up

Related Words

slack, slacker