loosening
1Loosening — Loosen Loos en (l[=oo]s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened} (l[=oo]s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a… …
2loosening — noun 1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening the relaxation of requirements the loosening of his grip the slackening of the wind • Syn: ↑relaxation, ↑slackening • Derivationally related forms: ↑sla …
3loosening — loo·sen·ing (looґsən ing) freeing from restraint or strictness …
4loosening — Synonyms and related words: abatement, allayment, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, calming, carelessness, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easiness, easing, easygoingness, emollient, falling off,… …
5loosening — n. looseness, act of making something less tight; incident of weakening of control or strength loos·en || luËsn v. unbind, untie, unfasten; set free, release; make less tight, slacken; make less dense or compact; make less strict or severe;… …
6loosening — Hemohemo, āluna …
7loosening of associations — Psychiatry. a type of formal thought disorder characterized by shifts from one topic to another in ways that are obliquely related or completely unrelated, occurring as a common symptom of mania and schizophrenia. Also called derailment. * * * …
8loosening of association — A manifestation of a severe thought disorder characterized by the lack of an obvious connection between one thought or phrase and the next, or with the response to a question …
9loosening of associations — in psychiatry, a disorder of thinking in which associations of ideas become so shortened, fragmented, and disturbed as to lack logical relationship; often seen in schizophrenia …
10loosening of associations — Psychiatry. a type of formal thought disorder characterized by shifts from one topic to another in ways that are obliquely related or completely unrelated, occurring as a common symptom of mania and schizophrenia. Also called derailment …
