Synonyms of the word

loosening

• v. present participle of loosen.
• n. The act of making something looser.

adjustment

• n. The action of adjusting something.
• n. The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
• n. The settling or balancing of a financial account.
• n. The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
• n. The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.

alteration

• n. The act of altering or making different.
• n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

laxation

• n. The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

modification

• n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
• n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
• n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
• n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
• n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

relaxation

• n. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation…
• n. A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the…
• n. Remission or abatement of rigor.
• n. Remission of attention or application.
• n. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
• n. (physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
• n. (music) The release following musical tension.

slackening

• v. present participle of slacken.
• n. The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.

weakening

• v. present participle of weaken.
• n. An instance or process of loss of strength.
• n. (uncountable, mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses…