ease off (v.)
- abate
- arrest
- avert
- backpedal
- bate
- brake
- check
- curb
- decelerate
- delay
- detain
- diffuse
- disjoin
- disperse
- ease
- ebb
- fall
- free
- gee
- glance
- haw
- impede
- jib
- lax
- loose
- loosen
- mitigate
- moderate
- obstruct
- reef
- relax
- relent
- remit
- retard
- scatter
- shunt
- shy
- side
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- slack
- slacken
- slake
- slow
- stay
- subside
- switch
- unbend
- unbrace
- unlax
- unleash
- unstrain
- unstring
- unwind
- wane