- loosened
- loosened loosened adj.
1. having constraints removed.
Syn: freed. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. straightened out; untangled.
Syn: disentangled, unsnarled. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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