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1
to make less taut
- the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver
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2
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
- 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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3
to set free (from a state of being held in check)
- once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit
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The first known use of loosen was in the 14th century
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