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- the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver
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- the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post
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- discharge,
- disenthrall
- (also disenthral),
- emancipate,
- enfranchise,
- enlarge,
- free,
- liberate,
- loose,
- manumit,
- release,
- spring,
- unbind,
- uncage,
- unchain,
- unfetter
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- once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit
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'Un-': You Don't Always Have to Be So Negative
Unraveling a common negative prefix
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“Loosen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loosen. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of loosen was in the 14th century
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