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slackening
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slackening
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | let-up |
| Synonyms: | abatement, decline, decrease, discount, ebb, reduction |
| Main Entry: | slacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, diminish, ease, flag, let up, loose, loosen, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relax, relent, remit, retard, sag, slack, slake, slow, soften, subside, temper, untighten, weaken |
| Antonyms: | tighten |
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regression; decline |
| Synonyms: | abatement, backflow, decay, decrease, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, fading away, flagging, going out, lessening, low tide, low water, outward flow, petering out, recession, refluence, reflux, retreat, retrocession, retroflux, shrinkage, sinking, slackening, subsidence, sweep, wane, waning, weakening, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | flow, incline, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | letup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause |
| Synonyms: | abatement, break, cessation, interval, lapse, lessening, let-up, lull, recess, remission, respite, slackening |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | looseness, excess |
| Synonyms: | give, leeway, play, room, slackening, slow-up, slowdown |
| Antonyms: | rigidity, stiffness, tautness, tightness |
| Main Entry: | slowdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacking off; gradual decrease |
| Synonyms: | arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike |
| Antonyms: | breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up |
| Main Entry: | lessening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decreasing |
| Synonyms: | abating, declining, depreciating, diminishing, dropping, dwindling, dying down, ebbing, ebbing, fading away, lightening, losing momentum, lowering, moderating, narrowing, plummeting, plunging, quieting, sagging, shrinking, shriveling up, sinking, slackening, slowing, slumping, softening, subsiding, waning, wasting, weakening, wearing down, wearing off |
| Main Entry: | abate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, grow or cause to grow less |
| Synonyms: | allay, chill out, coast*, cool, cool it, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, let up, mellow out, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, take it easy, taper, taper off, unlax, wane |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
| Synonyms: | decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall |
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