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▪ I. ˈslackening, vbl. n.
[f. as prec.]
The action of making or becoming slack, in various senses. Also with off.
1611Cotgr., Relaschement,..a relenting, or slackening. 1648Sanderson Serm. II. 225 By the slackning, loosening, or disjoynting whereof, the body..cometh to be as much weakned. 1706Stanhope Paraphr. III. 266 There may too in the Soul be great Slacknings of Zeal. 1765A. Dickson Agric. ii. 248 Tho' it may be known when the foremost neglects his work by the slackening of his traces. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. cxiv. III. 45 But there are great slackenings in the tide. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1875) III. 335 Nothing is described as taking place..to cause any slackening in the levies. 1903Conrad Romance v. i. 402, I wanted rest, woman's love, slackening off. 1951J. M. Fraser Psychol. xiv. 157 It is rather more usual for a slackening-off process to take place.
▪ II. ˈslackening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
Making or becoming slack.
1593Queen Elizabeth Boeth. v. metr. i. 104 What so seame by slakning ranes [= reins] to slip. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 42 One really began sometimes to think of the slackening wheels of Pharaoh. 1892Daily News 24 May 7/1 Some still more general cause of slackening traffic. |