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untighten
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Untighten — Un*tight en, v. t. [1st pref. un + tighten.] To make less tight or tense; to loosen. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
untighten — verb To loosen; to make something less tight … Wiktionary
untighten — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity: ease, let up, loose, loosen, relax, slack, slacken. See TIGHTEN … English dictionary for students
untighten — un·tighten … English syllables
untighten — “+ transitive verb Etymology: un (II) + tighten : to make less tight : loosen an expulsion of breath untightens the chest William Faulkner … Useful english dictionary
ease — [n1] peace, quiet; lack of difficulty affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses*, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of … New thesaurus
ease — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Bohemianism, Easy Street, abandon, abate, abatement, abet, abundance, acceptance, adeptness, adroitness, advance, affability, affluence, aid, alienation, allay, allayment, alleviate, alleviation, allow for,… … Moby Thesaurus
ease off — Synonyms and related words: abate, arrest, avert, backpedal, backwater, bate, bear off, brake, check, clip the wings, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, die down, diffuse, disjoin, disperse, draw aside, draw rein, ease, ease up, ebb, edge off, fall … Moby Thesaurus
lax — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, Paphian, abandoned, accented, accepting, admissive, aleatoric, aleatory, allowing, alveolar, amorphous, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, approximate, approximative, articulated, assimilated, back,… … Moby Thesaurus
loose — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, Paphian, abandoned, abate, absonant, adrift, affable, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aid, aimless, aleatoric, aleatory, alleviate, amorphous, approximate, approximative, at large, at liberty, aweigh, bagging … Moby Thesaurus
