1. 
   loosening
   [n] - the act of making something less tight
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=loosening
   
   
2. 
   loosening
   laxation noun the act of making something less tight
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loosening
   
   
3. 
   loosening
   (loo´sәn-ing) freeing from restraint or strictness. loosening of associations in psychiatry, a disorder of thinking in which associations of ideas become so shortened, fragmented, and disturbed as to lack logical relationship.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
   
   
4. 
   Loosening
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loosen
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/loosening/
   
   
5. 
   loosening
   
   1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening
   2. the act of making something less tight
   3. make loose or looser
   4. disentangle and raise the fibers of
   5. cause to become loos
   6. make less dense
   7. become loose or looser
   
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6. 
   loosening
   1) Relaxation 2) Slackening 3) The act of making something less tight 4) Weakening
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/loosening/1
   
   

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