The invention discloses a slowdown clutch for a washing machine. The slowdown clutch comprises an input shaft, an input shaft sleeve, a brake wheel, a speed reducer, a dewatering shaft, an output shaft, a lower shell and a clutch device, wherein the speed reducer is installed in an inner cavity of the brake wheel, the dewatering shaft and the brake wheel are connected into a whole, the input shaft, the input shaft sleeve, the brake wheel and the output shaft are all connected with the speed reducer, the speed reducer is a double-planet gear train composed of a first planet gear train body and a second planet gear train body, the input shaft sleeve and a wheel carrier of the second planet gear train body are connected into a whole, and the input shaft sleeve is movably connected with the brake wheel; the clutch device comprises a positioning disc fixedly installed on the lower shell, a torque transmission shaft sleeve fixedly installed on the input shaft, a clutch disc installed on the input shaft sleeve and capable of being connected with or disconnected from the positioning disc and the torque transmission shaft sleeve, and a clutch control mechanism used for controlling the clutch disc to be connected with or disconnected from the positioning disc and the torque transmission shaft sleeve. The slowdown clutch has the advantages of being simple and compact in structure, low in manufacturing cost, safe and reliable in transmission, efficient, long in service life and low in noise.