What is the meaning of slacken?

Answer 1

To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather., To be remiss or backward; to be negligent., To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks., To abate; to become less violent., To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens., To languish; to fail; to flag., To end; to cease; to desist; to slake., To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage., To neglect; to be remiss in., To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime., To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry., To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease., A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.