slacken (v.)
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- anesthetize
- appease
- arrest
- assuage
- attemper
- attenuate
- backpedal
- bate
- benumb
- block
- blunt
- brake
- chasten
- check
- confine
- constrain
- control
- countercheck
- curb
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deaden
- decelerate
- degenerate
- delay
- detain
- deteriorate
- diffuse
- dilute
- diminish
- disintegrate
- disjoin
- disperse
- downplay
- drag
- dull
- ease
- ebb
- extenuate
- fall
- foment
- free
- hinder
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interfere
- interrupt
- intervene
- lag
- lax
- lay
- lenify
- lessen
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- lull
- meddle
- mire
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- mollify
- numb
- obstruct
- obtund
- oppose
- pad
- palliate
- poultice
- reduce
- reef
- regress
- relapse
- relax
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- repress
- resist
- restrain
- retard
- retrograde
- retrogress
- salve
- scatter
- scotch
- sicken
- slack
- slake
- slow
- smother
- snub
- sober
- soften
- soothe
- stay
- stifle
- stop
- subdue
- subside
- suppress
- tame
- temper
- unbend
- unbrace
- underplay
- unlax
- unleash
- unstrain
- unstring
- untune
- unwind
- wane
- weaken
- worsen