[{"word":"slackening","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The pace slackened."},{"definition":"To make slack, less taut, or less intense.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to slacken lime"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slacken","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slackening"]}]