whakangoru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to loosen, slacken.
Ko te kī mai a te nuinga kia kaua e whakangorua te taura, engari ia kia rite tonu te kipakipa, te akiaki i a rātou kia hōhonu ake, kia tika ake ō rātou reo (HM 4/1993:8). / The majority said that the rope should not be slackened, but we should continue to spur and urge them on to deepen and correct their language.
Synonyms: tākiri, whakamatara, tangatanga, maunu, whakakaewa, whakatangatanga, hangoro, whakakorokoro, tākōkō
