What is the meaning of "He gives them more slack" (yamudduhum fī ṭughyānihim)?

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. He grants them ability. [Ibn Masʿūd].
2. He gives them more time. [Ibn ʿAbbās].
3. He increases them. [Mujāhid].
4. He postpones them. [al-Zajjāj].