Usually means: Reducing speed, intensity, or effort.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word slackening:

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

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slackening: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slackening: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slackening)

▸ noun:  The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.

Similar:
loosening, relaxation, slackery, hang, slack, weakening, letup, loose, losing, slackerism, more...

Opposite:
intensifying, accelerating, increasing, strengthening, heightening

Types:
relaxation, more...

Phrases:
slackening in tempo, more...

Adjectives:
general, slight, gradual, temporary, certain, sudden, little, consequent, momentary, noticeable, perceptible

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Similar:
loosening, relaxation, slackery, hang, slack, weakening, letup, loose, losing, slackerism, more...

Opposite:
intensifying, accelerating, increasing, strengthening, heightening

Types:
relaxation, more...

Phrases:
slackening in tempo, more...

Adjectives:
general, slight, gradual, temporary, certain, sudden, little, consequent, momentary, noticeable, perceptible



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