Definition of slacken

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Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

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Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..
Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
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