BATTEN Antonyms

• make loose or looser

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• cause to become loose

• make less dense

• become loose or looser or less tight

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• a process that liberates or discharges something

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of allowing a fluid to escape

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

• release, as from one's grip

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• eliminate (a substance)

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• make (information) available for publication

• part with a possession or right

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

• make (assets) available

• become slow or slower

• make less active or fast

• become looser or slack

• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

• cause to become undone

• become undone or untied

• undo the ties of

• cause to become loose