#tightening the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
exclusion: #loosening
supertype: #alteration__modification__adjustment the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
subtype: #take-up the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
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