Synonyms for let-up
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : let |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛt |
Top 10 synonyms for let-up Other synonyms for the word let-up
- abatement
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- acquittal
- alleviation
- anchor
- arrest
- break
- break-off
- breather
- breathing spell
- cease
- ceasing
- cessation
- clearance
- close
- commute
- conclusion
- cutoff
- desistance
- discontinuance
- doldrums
- dormancy
- downtime
- end
- finish
- freeing
- freeze
- grinding halt
- halt
- halting
- hiatus
- interim
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- lapse
- latency
- layoff
- lessening
- let-up
- lifeboat
- lifesaver
- mitigation
- palliation
- parenthesis
- pause
- quiescence
- quiescency
- recess
- release
- remission
- respite
- rest
- screaming halt
- spell
- spring
- standstill
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- suspense
- suspension
- termination
- time
- time off
- time-out
- truce
- wait
Définition of let-up
Origin :- Old English lætan "to allow to remain; let go, leave, depart from; leave undone; to allow; bequeath," also "to rent" (class VII strong verb; past tense let, past participle læten), from Proto-Germanic *letan (cf. Old Saxon latan, Old Frisian leta, Dutch laten, German lassen, Gothic letan "to leave, let"), from PIE *le- "to let go, slacken" (cf. Latin lassus "faint, weary," Lithuanian leisti "to let, to let loose;" see lenient). If that derivation is correct, the primary sense would be "let go through weariness, neglect."
- Of blood, from late Old English. To let (something) slip originally (1520s) was a reference to hounds on a leash; figurative use from 1540s. To let (someone) off "allow to go unpunished" is from 1814. To let on "reveal, divulge" is from 1725; to let up "cease, stop" is from 1787. Let alone "not to mention" is from 1812.
- As in intermission : noun break, recess
- As in letup : noun pause
- As in reprieve : noun relief of blame, responsibility
- As in cessation : noun ending
- Yet they say these geysers has been running for years and no let-up.
- Extract from : « Maw's Vacation » by Emerson Hough
- So far as they could tell, there did not appear to be any let-up to the fury of the storm.
- Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods » by Quincy Allen
- The storm continued, after an eight-hour let-up, the temperature rising.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Schooner » by William Francis Hooker
- Clearly there was to be no let-up in the manner of conducting the Latin class.
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Schooldays » by Allen Chapman
- I've been watching for two mortal hours and there hasn't been a let-up yet.
- Extract from : « In Vanity Fair » by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
- Rainy days meant no let-up in her work, as they did in Father's.
- Extract from : « Our Friend John Burroughs » by Clara Barrus
- Slowly the day of storm passed, but with no let-up in the falling snow.
- Extract from : « The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp » by Laura Lee Hope
- There was no let-up in the hurricane, for such it really proved to be.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter on Cave Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
- She knew the danger, in such an emotional crisis as this, of any let-up.
- Extract from : « Children of the Whirlwind » by Leroy Scott
- If we don't get a let-up early we're going to be plumb out uh hay.
- Extract from : « The Long Shadow » by B. M. Bower
Antonyms for let-up
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