We found 20 dictionaries that define the word loosening:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

1. loosening: Merriam-Webster
2. loosening: Collins English Dictionary
3. loosening: Vocabulary.com
4. Loosening, loosening: Wordnik
5. loosening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
6. loosening: Wiktionary
7. Loosening, loosening: Dictionary.com
8. loosening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
9. Loosening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
10. loosening: Rhymezone
11. Loosening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
12. loosening: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
13. loosening: FreeDictionary.org
14. loosening: Mnemonic Dictionary
15. loosening: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

16. loosening: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

17. loosening: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

18. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
19. loosening: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

20. loosening: Idioms

(Note: See loosen as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (loosening) ▸ noun:  The act of making something looser. Similar: slackening, relaxation, loosener, loosening up, undoing, laxening, deflexibilization, loose, untying, unlatching, more... Types: detente, détente, rapprochement, more... Phrases: loosening up, loosening of associations, loosening of association, loosening the purse strings, loosening tongue, more... Adjectives: aseptic, gradual, general, mechanical, further, prosthetic, progressive, slight, femoral, early, subsequent Colors:     light blue,     pale yellow,     soft pink,     lavender,     mint green, more... ▸ Words similar to loosening ▸ Usage examples for loosening ▸ Idioms related to loosening ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing loosening ▸ Words that often appear near loosening ▸ Rhymes of loosening ▸ Invented words related to loosening