"slacken" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Become slow or slower (synset 200441535)
hypernym: weaken - become weaker

synonym: slack, slow, slow down, slow up
Make less active or fast (synset 200442167)
hypernym: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller

synonym: relax, slack, slack up
Become looser or slack (synset 200422361)
hypernym: weaken - become weaker
Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness (synset 200422078)
cause: slacken - become looser or slack

hypernym: loose, loosen - make loose or looser

hyponym: douse, dowse - slacken

synonym: remit