ASTRICTING Antonyms

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• affording physical or mental rest

• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• loosening the ties that fasten something

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• give equal rights to; of women and minorities

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• grant freedom to

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• untie or unfasten