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Meanings
- to become loose, to slacken (e.g. rope)
- to become less tense, to relax, to let one's guard down
- to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision), to become lax
- to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression), (of ice) to partially melt
- to decrease (e.g. speed)
- (of a market price) to go down slightly
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Example sentences
When spring comes, the ground softens.
The tension relaxed after the long meeting.
The prisoner escaped during the moment when surveillance slackened.
As the temperature began to rise, the harsh cold has gradually started to ease.
Even though the fiscal difficulties have been overcome, there must be no relaxation of the government's fiscal discipline.
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