Webster's English Dictionary

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loosen

loos.en \'lu:s-*n\ \'lu.s-nin, -*n-in\ vb or loos.en.ing 1: to release from 
   restraint  2: to make looser  3: to relieve (the bowels) of constipation  
   4: to cause or permit to become less strict  : to become loose or looser