slackening

Meaning of slackening

verb
  1. To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
    The pace slackened.
  2. To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
  3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
    to slacken lime

noun

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

Information about slackening

  • The plural form of slackening is: slackenings.
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Hyphenation of slackening

slack-en-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • slackening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

slackening synonyms

Meaning relaxation:

relaxation, loosening

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