What does 緩める mean?
緩める is a Japanese verb meaning “to loosen, to slow down” in English. It can also be translated as “to relax (attention, efforts, etc.), to reduce (speed), to make more gradual (of a slope)” depending on context. It is written as 緩める in kanji, ゆるめる in hiragana, and yurumeru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
その規則は最近緩められた。
The rules were recently relaxed.