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Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

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

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..

Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.

Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..

Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

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