slacken
From LSJ
εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead
v. trans.
P. and V. χαλᾶν, ἀνιέναι, P. ἐπανιέναι, V. ἐξανιέναι; see relax.
V. intrans. P. ἐπανιέναι.
Abate: P. and V. λωφᾶν, ἀνιέναι.