Term: loosening: the act of making something less tight
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: sciaena: type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: tagalog: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: need: a condition requiring relief
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: placation: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: lesson: a task assigned for individual study
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: auspices: kindly endorsement and guidance
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: civil servant: a public official who is a member of the civil service
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: back door: a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: ziphiidae: beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: doric order: the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base