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slacken
verb /ˈslæ.kən/
a) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.

The pace slackened.

b) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.

During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation:...

See Also: slack, slacker

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