Synonyms for loosening
loos·en·ing

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1. relaxation, loosening, slackeningnoun

   an occurrence of control or strength weakening

   "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"

   Synonyms:
   laxation, liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, slackening, repose, relaxation, relaxation behavior, liberalization, rest

   Antonyms:
   tightening

2. loosening, laxationnoun

   the act of making something less tight

   Synonyms:
   relaxation, defecation, slackening, shitting, laxation

   Antonyms:
   tightening

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1. • Weakening

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1. List of paraphrases for "loosening":

   relaxation, easing, decoupling

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1. Karl Lauterbach:

   It has to be expected that the R rate will go over 1 and we will return to exponential growth, the loosening measures were far too poorly prepared.

2. Kalpana Kochhar:

   One benefit is that loosening the (yuan's) link to the dollar gives Chinese authorities some independence to conduct their own monetary policy.

3. Xu Hongcai:

   Intensified policy loosening will help effectively halt the economic slowdown.

4. Ed Stansfield:

   With credit conditions now loosening and employment set to continue growing strongly, we suspect this long downward trend may not last for much longer.

5. Li Huiyong:

   China's government is pushing forward the 'supply-side' reform and the move needs someone to pay the costs. A loosening monetary environment is what we need, we believe the central government will keep its loosening policy stance this year to support the economy.