Usually means: Loosen; make less tight, secure.
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  1. untighten: Merriam-Webster
  2. untighten: Wordnik
  3. untighten: Wiktionary
  4. Untighten: Dictionary.com
  5. Untighten: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. untighten: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Untighten: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. untighten: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Untighten: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (untighten)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To loosen; to make something less tight.

Similar:
loose, loosen, unloosen, loosen up, untie, slacken, unloose, unfasten, untense, overloosen, more...

Opposite:
tighten, fasten, secure, cinch, clamp

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Similar:
loose, loosen, unloosen, loosen up, untie, slacken, unloose, unfasten, untense, overloosen, more...

Opposite:
tighten, fasten, secure, cinch, clamp



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