Definition of "slackened" [slackened]

• Simple past tense and past participle of slacken. (verb)

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• "Zero to zero for most of the game, and when the rain slackened, both squads started scoring until time ran out for one of them."
• "His taut expression slackened and he found the curve of a smile."
• "Among the remaining three Districts, economic conditions were mixed in Atlanta and St. Louis, while economic activity "slackened" in Richmond."