#loosening  the act of making something less tight
  exclusion:  tightening
  supertype:  alteration__modification__adjustment  the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  subtype:  untying__undoing__unfastening  loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy"

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