Slacken
Slacken is a verb meaning to make or become looser or less taut. It is used for physical tension, such as slackening a rope, belt, chain, or line, where the aim is to reduce tension and allow give. It is also used figuratively to describe reducing intensity, pace, or effort, for example slackening the pace of work or slackening enforcement of rules.
Grammatically, slacken can be transitive (slacken the rope) or intransitive (the rope slackens). The common phrasal
In specialized contexts, slacken is used in engineering and construction to describe relaxing tension on mechanical
Etymology: Slacken is formed from the adjective slack, meaning loose, with the suffix -en to form a