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loosen 
verb
- make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
Synonyms: loose Antonyms: stiffen - make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
Synonyms: relax - become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
Synonyms: relax - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
Synonyms: tease, tease apart - cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
Synonyms: undo, untie - make less dense; "loosen the soil"
- become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
Synonyms: loose, relax Antonyms: stiffen
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