LOOSEN

loosen

Verb

  1. To make loose.
    to loosen a knot
    After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
  2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
  3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.


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