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slacken (162 synonym found)

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unlax

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let down

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pour balm into

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keep back

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slackening

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backwater

ease matters

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loosen

appease

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loose

reduce the temperature

unstick

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soothe

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clip the wings

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take in sail

backpedal

dam up

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temper

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reef

deaden the pain

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dilute

give relief

relapse

interrupt

intercept

remit

dissolve into chaos

regress

lose ground

countercheck

benumb

intervene

slow down

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Definition of slacken:

(v) : to gradually decrease in intensity; to become slack; to reduce the intensity (of something)

"the pace slackened."

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Definition of slacken:

(v) : to gradually decrease in intensity; to become slack; to reduce the intensity (of something)

"the pace slackened."

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