Definition/Meaning of loosening

• English - Verb: loosening Present participle of loosen .
• English - Noun: loosening ( plural loosenings ) The act of making something looser . 2013 , Michael Scott , Religious Language (page 169) Turning to metaphor , the loosenings involved in metaphorical interpretation tend not to be pure but to involve a change that results in the extension of the loosened concept overlapping with but not including all of the denotations of the pre-loosened concept .
• English - Anagrams: goniolens