Associations to the word «Slackening»

Wiktionary

SLACKEN, verb. (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
SLACKEN, verb. (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
SLACKEN, verb. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
SLACKEN OFF, verb. (intransitive) to slacken, make slack or slacker
SLACKEN OFF, verb. (intransitive) to become less intense
SLACKEN OFF, verb. (transitive) to do (something) less intensely

Dictionary definition

SLACKEN, verb. Become slow or slower; "Production slowed".
SLACKEN, verb. Make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now".
SLACKEN, verb. Become looser or slack; "the rope slackened".
SLACKEN, verb. Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras