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Slackens Off Crossword Clue

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noun

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

• freedom from constraint or embarrassment

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

verb

• move gently or carefully

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• make easier

• lessen the intensity of or calm

40%8 Eases off
verb

• become slow or slower

• make less active or fast

• become looser or slack

• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

35%8 Lightens or slackens
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New York Times12 Nov 1986 Down 47
New York Times26 Feb 1986 Across 21
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