slackening

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Verb

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slackening

  1. present participle and gerund of slacken

Noun

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slackening (plural slackenings)

  1. The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.
    • 1861, United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics, page 124:
      If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.