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What is another word for
let up
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▲
Verb
To relax one's efforts
To pause take a break from doing something
To draw to an end or close
To treat in a more lenient manner
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
To terminate or put off an action, task, or behavior
To make or become less taut or tight
To cause to slow down or stop, especially a moving vehicle
Noun
The act or state of deferring an action or proceeding
The action of making a rule or restriction less strict
A spell of inactivity or laziness
A decrease in size, number, rate, or level
A temporary interval of calm, quiet, or lack of activity
A state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress
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Verb
▲
To relax one's efforts
relax
slacken
ease up
ease off
slow down
do less
relax your efforts
become complacent
be complacent
drop one's guard
drop the ball
get comfortable
grow complacent
lower one's guard
hang loose
chill out
unwind
kick back
take it easy
loosen up
rest
unbend
slack off
laze
repose
lounge
loll
wind down
enjoy oneself
mellow out
be at leisure
sit back
take a break
let it all hang out
stay loose
lighten up
chill
idle
luxuriate
decompress
loaf
play
flop
let yourself go
amuse oneself
do nothing
slump
de-stress
entertain oneself
make yourself at home
veg out
take time off
recline
compose oneself
loosen
feel at home
take time out
take your ease
calm down
slow
cool off
take ten
sit around
breathe easy
unbutton
settle back
take a breather
collect oneself
put your feet up
bask
stand down
outspan
take a load off
lie back
catch one's breath
be less active
take things easy
chillax
take a chill pill
daydream
stop worrying
hang out
mellow
stone
take some time off
become less formal
become informal
cool it
slacken off
take five
become relaxed
become less rigid
go easy
take one's time
knock off
get comfy
be calm
lie down
have a break
take one's leisure
turn off
switch off
groove
unlax
simmer down
stop work
let your hair down
make less tense
lollop
snuggle down
settle down
pause
stop
control oneself
quieten down
cool down
regain one's composure
settle
stretch out
take a rest
lie
break off
get hold of oneself
quiet down
sprawl
sleep
nap
come up for air
calm yourself
control yourself
get your act together
get a grip on yourself
get a hold of yourself
keep cool
pull oneself together
get a grip
break
slack
drowse
slumber
couch
settle in
lie about
have a rest
sit down
become peaceful
laze around
go to bed
compose yourself
be quiet
become calmer
steady oneself
become calm
hose down
lounge around
keep your shirt on
restrain yourself
become quieter
be still
pull in one's horns
dawdle
slouch
vegetate
bum
loiter
destress
quiesce
spread out
calm
stay
put up
stop for a breath
stretch
recess
quiet
pipe down
refresh
become less restless
tarry
sojourn
doze
retire
suspend proceedings
stop briefly
snooze
cool one's jets
lay down
regain your self-control
keep your head
recover one's composure
play it cool
come back down to earth
recover one's self-control
siesta
turn in
have a breather
have time out
rest upon
put your head down
catch a few 'z' s
catch forty winks
lie upon
lodge
catnap
zizz
kip
lie by
be at ease
refresh oneself
be comfortable
let down
take a nap
take life easy
nod off
soothe
pacify
have a snooze
have a nap
have forty winks
get some kip
take a siesta
get some shut-eye
have a kip
lie still
catch some Zs
have a siesta
have a spell
snatch forty winks
cool out
take a deep breath
recharge one's batteries
get control of oneself
more ❯
“I hope they take careful note of the fact that we are not going to
let up
on this problem.”
Verb
▲
To pause take a break from doing something
adjourn
break
rest
pause
break off
take a break
hold back
take a breath
take a breather
stop
halt
cease
discontinue
desist
have a breather
take ten
hesitate
waver
shake
put on hold
reflect
hang back
stop briefly
interrupt
suspend
break it up
delay
sideline
drop
wait
think twice
mark time
pull up
come to standstill
call time
falter
stop what you're doing
take five
catch one's breath
deliberate
have a break
take time out
finish
knock off
come to a standstill
ease off
ease up
shut down
wind up
finish off
stay
take time off
relax
put your feet up
take a rest
recess
suspend proceedings
sit tight
hold on
stall
come up for air
hang on
hold your horses
hold your fire
break up
vacillate
end
be suspended
be put on hold
procrastinate
rise
hang fire
hang about
hang around
adopt Fabian tactics
unwind
repose
idle
chill
refresh
kick back
have a rest
have time out
take it easy
more ❯
“McCain would temporarily
let up
in his criticism of his opponent, but he exercised no restraint on Thursday.”
Verb
▲
To draw to an end or close
end
cease
stop
finish
terminate
halt
discontinue
conclude
close
quit
elapse
lapse
pass
expire
determine
go
desist
die
abate
relent
break off
dead-end
wind up
break up
leave off
wink out
come to an end
bring to an end
complete
drop
wrap up
knock off
be over
close out
pack in
lay off
draw to a close
suspend
round out
round off
dissolve
break
can
desist from
give up
cut out
bring to a close
cut off
give over
pack up
pause
adjourn
shut down
call a halt to
put an end to
come to a stop
cancel
disappear
come to a halt
come to a standstill
culminate
consummate
abolish
finish off
wind down
fade away
vanish
die away
sew up
run out
end up
shut off
cut short
put a stop to
refrain from
belay
call it a day
settle
abandon
axe
UK
finalize
US
come to a close
peter out
scrub
annul
bite the dust
finalise
UK
ax
US
get done
close down
lay off of
kick
finish up
wrap
abstain from
die out
fizzle out
pack it in
run its course
pull the plug on
top off
call it quits
fade
abort
interrupt
curb
melt away
kick the habit
dwindle
scratch
become invalid
pass away
evaporate
come to the end
quit cold
do
knock something on the head
blow over
evanish
forgo
liquidate
ultimate
recess
become obsolete
cease to exist
clean up
renounce
not continue
give the chop
die down
avoid
withdraw
surcease
crown
call off
bring to a conclusion
scrap
be through with
eschew
do without
forbear from
put the lid on
become void
kick over
disrupt
eliminate
extinguish
bring to an untimely end
wane
ebb
depart
bring down curtain
cinch
draw to close
put a period to
play out
put to bed
stop doing
leave alone
rest
give a rest
be abandoned
be suspended
be broken off
go by
trail off
tail off
tie up loose ends
go out the window
evanesce
go down the toilet
subside
go dead
be at an end
be no longer valid
cut loose
fold up
button up
button down
be put to bed
prorogue
put a lid on
cap
clear
intermit
get rid of
cut
do away with
intervene
bag it
separate
interpose
dispense with
disunite
disconnect
disjoin
bring to a halt
blow off
dissever
kill
phase out
part
discharge
accomplish
transpire
be no more
slip away
fly by
withhold from
restrain oneself from
refuse
forbear
prevent oneself from
check
abstain
keep off
not give in to
forego
cease to indulge in
keep from
abjure
stop oneself from
go without
reject
swear off
fold
hang up
carry out
shutter
carry through
bring to fruition
set the seal on
clinch
come to a conclusion
cross the line
round up
cut it out
get on the wagon
hang it up
take the cure
resolve
pull the plug
relinquish
sunder
get shot of
put paid to
dispose of
get shut of
nip in the bud
switch off
call a halt
arrest
stop dead
draw to a halt
come to rest
hold
stand
cool it
reach a standstill
stop in your tracks
collapse
forsake
forswear
steer clear of
jack in
refrain
resist
pass up
shun
ditch
have done with
leave
skip
restrain from
stay away from
withhold
hold off
preclude
hold back
check out from
resign
keep
block
throw up
back off from
shrink from
resign from
withdraw from
not touch
call it quits on
get out of
rein in
give a wide berth to
dump
stay
abdicate
shake
pull out of
decline
spurn
pass on
get off
restrain
chuck
inhibit
leave out
sit out
cry off
retire from
have nothing to do with
bring to a stop
put the kibosh on
bypass
exit
kibosh
surcease from
wean
discard
stall
yield
desert
fail
prevent
obstruct
repeal
revoke
rescind
stem
waive
impede
bar
deny oneself
do not
throw away
escape from
skip out on
knock it off
cast off
bring to a standstill
finish with
walk out on
cast aside
not do
stop oneself
say goodbye to
resist the temptation to
give something a miss
shy from
forlet
disturb
log off
unaccustom
repudiate
give something up
detach
come off
go cold turkey
disavow
steer clear
renege
back out
stop trying
turn aside from
set aside
lay aside
give it a break
miss out on
hold back from
jack it in
stand down from
close off
bring to end
retreat
drop out
call
back out of
evade
interfere with
cut into
break into
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
abnegate
recall
surrender
staunch
let alone
shelve
manage without
give up on
ignore
remit
forfeit
give notice
cede
divorce
jilt
sacrifice
back off
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
freeze
curtail
call a stop to
give the go by
postpone
fight shy of
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
pull up
stop midstream
put a sock in
blow the whistle on
put a cork in
part with
part from
disown
dust off
break with
forget about
turn your back on
eighty-six
write off
wipe out
disinherit
stop short
quitclaim
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
stop cold
break short
stop in full flow
demit
turn
defect
tergiversate
apostatize
tergiverse
hand over
apostacize
prohibit
exclude
hinder
debar
throw off
toss over
divorce oneself from
throw over
wash your hands of
sell out
have nothing more to do with
disqualify
interdict
estop
obviate
rule out
forestall
forbid
escape
vacate
bail
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
forfend
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
be gone from
be done with
brush off
bail from
go away from
drop out of
clear out from
depart from
bow out of
break off with
walk out of
disappear from
move from
abscond from
exit from
run along from
take off from
step aside from
set out from
absent oneself from
more ❯
“The rain would
let up
for a while, but then the skies would darken again, and the downpour would start anew.”
Verb
▲
To treat in a more lenient manner
be kinder to
go easy on
treat less severely
be more lenient with
“Now, that he's participated in a debate, and the reviews ranged from pretty good to OK, do you think they'll
let up
on him at all?”
Verb
▲
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
lessen
diminish
abate
wane
decrease
dwindle
subside
ebb
moderate
decline
ease
recede
fall
shrink
relent
lower
taper
remit
slacken
weaken
fade
pall
cease
quieten
calm
finish
stop
terminate
de-escalate
taper off
drop off
fall away
die down
peter out
phase down
tail off
ease off
drain away
ratchet down
die out
die away
drop away
die off
calm down
quieten down
come to an end
come to a stop
drop
reduce
fall off
sink
ease up
temper
relax
grow less
slump
soften
slack off
fade away
contract
mitigate
plummet
alleviate
attenuate
slacken off
slow down
flag
quell
check
rachet down
wind down
cool off
trail off
depreciate
lighten
wither
trail
melt away
become smaller
grow smaller
deteriorate
degenerate
plunge
droop
vanish
curb
evaporate
drain
downscale
slow
dry up
tone down
downsize
go down
fizzle out
shrivel
become less
decay
assuage
lull
allay
crumble
disappear
deaden
fail
nosedive
dampen
decrement
close
slake
blur
minimize
US
run low
get less
settle down
become weaker
take the sting out
restrain
deplete
devaluate
take the edge off
waste away
slack
minimise
UK
settle
go downhill
wear away
curtail
wear down
dull
descend
mollify
lapse
dim
relieve
dissolve
subdue
quiet
depress
slope
erode
knock down
dent
get smaller
go through the floor
trail away
atrophy
blow over
minify
fade out
lose edge
bate
narrow down
hit the floor
wear off
grow faint
melt
still
take a nosedive
waste
phase out
quash
put a lid on
level off
fall short
wilt
slip
modulate
close out
pare down
make less
turn down
become less intense
sag
retire
languish
die away or out
die away or down
thin down
thin out
release
disengage
peter
modify
cut down
tail away
rebate
slash
cool
decelerate
unlax
chill out
cool it
fall through
wither away
come to nothing
blunt
take it easy
go easy
end
palliate
be on the way out
give way
evanesce
give in
become weak
disintegrate
draw to a close
collapse
pass
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
dissipate
pass away
be forgotten
abbreviate
extenuate
retrench
make smaller
dilute
cut
impair
take the bite out
thin
roll back
tame
cut back
desist
come down
slack up
clip
soft-pedal
halt
whittle down
grow dim
shorten
restrict
grow weaker
break up
step down
crash
dip
regress
relapse
tumble
totter
lose
skid
devalue
dive
crater
drag
buckle
backslide
cheapen
go into a tailspin
lose value
fold up
hit the dirt
decrease in value
tip over
break down
flop
be precipitated
cave in
become lower
take a header
bow out
decline in price
decimate
soothe
stifle
cushion
damp
suppress
limit
smother
trim
muffle
scale down
damp down
prune
pare
inhibit
mute
control
numb
mark down
deflate
bring down
slide
tranquilize
US
help
placate
repress
lenify
undermine
benumb
tranquillise
UK
slim down
sap
make cutbacks in
degrade
contain
qualify
axe
UK
mellow
pacify
appease
ax
US
constrict
put a damper on
retard
downgrade
narrow
die
buffer
retrograde
shave
destroy
dial down
compose
quench
overcome
cut back on
get rid of
hold back
sweeten
salami-slice
absorb
gentle
worsen
run out
break
fall steeply
tighten
fall sharply
damage
go away
loosen
cauterize
US
drop rapidly
write down
rein in
devitalize
whittle away
cauterise
UK
go down the toilet
write off
fizzle
go to the dogs
compress
bridle
condense
smooth
truncate
rot
hinder
go down the tubes
make reductions in
disperse
discount
dispel
obtund
squelch
squash
eliminate
stem
undervalue
devolve
stay
take down
staunch
take its toll
desensitize
US
keep in check
go to pot
give out
sate
round down
hit the skids
cut off
put down
debilitate
extinguish
enervate
let up on
take a dive
block
come to a halt
compact
ameliorate
abridge
ration
dulcify
water down
vitiate
comfort
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
couch
desensitise
UK
dam
downturn
constringe
straiten
constrain
confine
debase
slim
abase
dump
regulate
arrest
make less intense
put damper on
whittle
put out a fire
harsh
run down
put the lid on
stabilize
US
choke
trim back
trim down
prevent
cut down on
defuse
stanch
pour oil on
do damage control
silence
put an end to
do a number on
play down
retrogress
chip away at
make less active
get worse
be used up
shrivel up
stabilise
UK
anesthetize
US
make narrower
ease up on
keep down
crush
throw cold water on
hold in check
go to seed
get under control
get narrower
become narrower
go to rack and ruin
scale back
go to the pack
pour cold water on
take the heat off
dampen down
falter
disempower
gutter
minimalize
address
improve
blanket
diffuse
chill
hush
go
faint
rationalize
US
revise
commute
make weaker
disable
fix
excuse
mask
satisfy
foreshorten
make fewer
dock
emaciate
perish
drop down
enfeeble
shed
untighten
demote
fix up
anaesthetize
UK
resolve
rein
pipe down
cripple
take sting out
patch things up
reduce the force of
steady
temperate
deduct
adulterate
rationalise
UK
kill
clear
etiolate
gruntle
offset
balm
slow up
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
get lower
go downwards
muddy up
subtract
reduce the effect of
loose
corrode
chop
crop
retrench on
squeeze
wizen
do away with
tighten up
withstand
oppose
resist
reduce greatly
amortise
UK
cast down
smooth down
disgrade
demerit
drive down
amortize
US
anaesthetise
UK
master
buttress
capsule
capsulize
cause to fall
lop off
lop
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
govern
be gone
withdraw
be no more
hebetate
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
banish
lay off
take pressure off
lose strength
lose intensity
bring to a standstill
cut short
concentrate
shear
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
weather
miscarry
dismiss
scrimp
neutralize
US
founder
protect against
become calm
become peaceful
nibble
fret
incapacitate
stun
sedate
unnerve
take a turn for the worse
grow worse
go from bad to worse
become worse
make something worse
become emaciated
soften the impact of
neutralise
UK
make less strict
make less formal
eat into
clear up
lick
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
defend against
shield against
become shrunken
become enfeebled
grow weak
become debilitated
run dry
cool out
bomb
bite
daze
stupefy
stultify
narcotize
torpefy
drug
smooth out
clear the air
bust
keep a lid on
safeguard against
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
minish
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
remove
delete
omit
soak up
denature
taint
be deficient
render insensitive
dullen
scatter
cramp
strangle
brighten
pale
go awry
eat away at
bite at
salve
cure
counteract
go amiss
be wanting
tauten
strangulate
focus
circumscribe
clench
tense
pinch
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
alloy
be insufficient
gnaw away at
delay
tuck
astringe
liss
interrupt
go down the tube
go down the khazi
go down the pan
decline swiftly
go down the drain
go down the plughole
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
be ruined
strike out
detain
aid
assist
take off
be lacking
bring respite to
handicap
be inadequate
exhaust
lose lustre
bring an end to
be found lacking
stunt
impede
become less dense
become less numerous
not come to ripeness
grow dull
descope
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
take load off
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
become less in number
clear out
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
pejorate
become depleted
draw together
get thinner
draw in
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
reef
lower one's sights
be in short supply
become exhausted
set one's sights lower
reduce in scope
be short
bankrupt
be tight
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
become dilapidated
impoverish
run to seed
fall into disrepair
fall to pieces
hit rock bottom
reach depths
come apart at the seams
ruin
pauperize
wreck
bring to ruin
liquidate
wipe out
make destitute
bleed dry
ruinate
clean out
more ❯
“The cold weather in the state had not
let up
one bit.”
Verb
▲
To terminate or put off an action, task, or behavior
surcease
defer
delay
desist
postpone
rest
stay
refrain
Verb
▲
To make or become less taut or tight
relax
ease
slacken
loosen
loose
slack
unclench
unknot
untighten
relieve
let go
become less rigid
become less stiff
become less tense
release
make looser
undo
slacken off
become looser
open
veer
unloose
liberate
ease off
free
relinquish
ease up
disburden
disengage
untie
become loose
become slack
make slack
make lax
unfreeze
come loose
work loose
unclose
unfasten
unlock
unbind
unclasp
detach
unleash
unloosen
extricate
uncork
disconnect
separate
unfix
unbutton
unlace
unhitch
unlash
unhook
unstrap
disjoin
unbuckle
unpin
unstick
unbolt
unlatch
unsnap
unscrew
unbar
let out
work free
free up
become unfastened
break up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to slow down or stop, especially a moving vehicle
brake
slow
decelerate
retard
slacken
reduce speed
slow down
slow up
ease up
hit the brakes
lose speed
slam on the anchors
put on the brakes
slam on the brakes
hinder
impede
hamper
inhibit
curb
obstruct
check
restrain
restrict
handicap
delay
trammel
encumber
hamstring
fetter
arrest
clog
stall
detain
interrupt
stay
cumber
balk
US
baffle
crimp
lessen
choke
postpone
retardate
mire
defer
bog
baulk
UK
hold back
hold up
interfere with
set back
keep back
put a brake on
bog down
hang up
shut down
throw a spanner in the works
choke off
take down
put back
shut off
bring to screeching halt
close off
back off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
block
stymie
cramp
thwart
prevent
shackle
constrain
frustrate
stop
hobble
limit
foil
bar
handcuff
bridle
halt
forestall
hog-tie
manacle
embarrass
tie up
curtail
cripple
repress
prohibit
short-circuit
suppress
derail
bork
deter
control
stonewall
counteract
reduce
disrupt
stifle
stand in the way of
get in the way of
oppose
avert
dam
withhold
contain
interdict
scupper
stave off
diminish
stem
cut off
get in the way
ward off
put an end to
smother
circumvent
moderate
tie
shut out
counter
burden
regulate
hold
interfere
rein in
avoid
weigh down
defend against
head off
confine
decrease
staunch
forbid
keep
defeat
disadvantage
evade
debar
preclude
put off
nullify
circumnavigate
hold in
make late
contravene
hold down
sidestep
skirt
put the brakes on
stem the flow of
spoil
steer clear of
keep lid on
put a stop to
stunt
pause
sabotage
shelve
sandbag
keep waiting
neutralize
US
suspend
straiten
discontinue
muffle
embog
inconvenience
overload
crab
stanch
bottleneck
intermit
muzzle
faze
impair
entangle
govern
bind
resist
tame
neutralise
UK
freeze
oppress
keep under control
constrict
cut back
dissuade from
fight back
keep in check
subdue
choke back
bring to a standstill
keep a lid on
bite back
box in
cramp one's style
hold off
put at a disadvantage
place at a disadvantage
nip in the bud
be a hindrance to
saddle with
straitjacket
sidetrack
weaken
cause to wait
cause to stay
protract
cool
remit
prorogue
circumscribe
prolong
discomfit
rattle
disconcert
chain
leash
stand off
peter out
debilitate
prevent from making progress
incommode
temper
sideline
charge
discommode
bother
catch
get bogged down
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
deliver a blow to
snag
foul up
screw up
set limits on
impose limits on
tether
hold off on
get out of
strangle
throttle
give a hard time
screen
obscure
hold over
lag
abate
rein
complicate
put paid to
escape
bypass
beat
peg
discipline
gag
drag your feet
louse up
cut short
terminate
squelch
swallow
tie one's hands
measure
rule
entrammel
quiet
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
reef
give disadvantage
take out
overturn
scotch
put out of commission
hem in
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
make difficult
deflect
put a limit on
repulse
discourage
rebuff
bottle up
checkmate
monkey with
back-water
lose steam
cut down
wind down
anchor it
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
ruin
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
cool down
keep within bounds
cool off
wrong
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
pull in
slacken pace
let down flaps
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
soften
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
forfend
withstand
intercept
dampen
obviate
stave
anticipate
dull
cushion
slack
rule out
keep at bay
turn aside
fend off
keep off
damp
depress
absorb
go slower
buffer
become slower
lose pace
lessen one's speed
slack up
slacken off
blanket
load
plug
outlaw
make slower
get slower
reduce in speed
deaden
saddle
jam
enjoin
ward
lumber
stuff
tone down
occlude
weight
close
damp down
laden
congest
lade
stopper
overburden
fill
bung
clot
keep in
tax
freight
put on brakes
strain
obturate
overwhelm
overtax
stop up
clog up
dam up
gunge up
plug up
fill up
silt up
gum up
bung up
stress
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or state of deferring an action or proceeding
adjournment
deferment
deferral
delay
interruption
postponement
suspension
prorogation
stay
recess
break
pause
rescheduling
shelving
pigeonholing
breather
mothballing
rest
stoppage
tabling
continuation
intermission
moratorium
put-off
putting off
temporary cessation
time out
knocking off
suspension of proceedings
taking five
respite
cessation
halt
stop
remission
discontinuation
check
hiatus
reprieve
letup
abeyance
conclusion
discontinuance
finish
arrest
ending
termination
downtime
close
closure
lapse
cutoff
cease
expiration
closing
putting back
interlude
interval
end
finale
completion
abeyancy
procrastination
consummation
dormancy
culmination
resolution
windup
surcease
suspense
finis
denouement
desistance
lull
wind-up
wrap-up
holdup
freeze
deferring
protraction
arrestment
shutdown
closedown
shutoff
holding pattern
consequence
breathing spell
terminus
determination
expiry
retirement
fulfillment
US
hold-up
curtain
quiescence
rain check
desuetude
fulfilment
UK
doldrums
sign-off
latency
last word
bottom line
wait
standstill
continuance
grace
rearrangement
layoff
interregnum
stopping
deep freeze
breath
cold storage
climax
extension
suspended animation
disruption
homestretch
endgame
period
capper
let-up
outcome
breathing space
result
coffee break
break-off
grand finale
happy hour
issue
upshot
realization
US
execution
realisation
UK
achievement
omega
payoff
accomplishment
perfection
time off
mop-up
time-out
armistice
stay of execution
quiescency
leave
limbo
holiday
vacation
carrying over
transferal
vacay
ten
epilogue
UK
breaktime
cut-off
coda
peroration
sunset
twilight
breakup
epilog
US
end result
closing stages
final word
last part
change of date
ampliatio
five
attainment
target
winter
stopping point
end of the line
grace period
final point
last stop
stall
lag
retardment
detention
detainment
logjam
jam
filibuster
holding
setback
hindrance
impediment
obstruction
showstopper
hangup
offset
bind
problem
obstacle
impedance
demurral
dawdling
loitering
lingering
cunctation
tarrying
retardation
tie-up
cooling-off period
separation
gap
interim
entr'acte
lacuna
deadlock
gridlock
stopover
caesura
pausation
stand
comma
beat
hush
stillness
hitch
lapse of time
break off
rest period
discontinuity
spell
hiccup
hiccough
impasse
parenthesis
interstice
stalemate
standoff
layover
Mexican standoff
time lag
dead end
full stop
block
slack
blockage
stop-off
checkmate
grinding halt
screaming halt
dead stop
stand-off
holdback
hold
space
relief
halting
ceasing
lessening
slackening
intermezzo
smoko
time
breathing room
breaking off
draw
pause in the action
time to burn
time to kill
period of waiting
screeching halt
sojourn
visit
time wasted
break in your journey
tea break
goof-off time
lead time
catch-22
breakdown
half-time
interspace
time away
moment
instant
second
timeout
relaxation
blow
tie
passage
short break
withdrawal
course
finishing
slowness
time gap
time warp
abandonment
term
passing
span
sit-down
winding up
intervening period
intervening time
spell of inactivity
cutting short
lost time
desisting
remaining
hesitation
terminating
deterring
lunch break
dead heat
hole
bottleneck
morass
repose
short respite
freedom
inaction
breakoff
occlusion
winding-up
recovery time
idle time
brick wall
roadblock
end of the road
disconnection
inactivity
disconnectedness
disjointedness
spare time
free time
incoherence
disunion
communication breakdown
time on your hands
time on one's hands
one's own sweet time
cutout
lack of unity
lack of coherence
own sweet time
time delay
spare moment
time to spare
snag
retard
trammel
waiting period
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of making a rule or restriction less strict
relaxation
moderation
easing
lessening
reduction
slackening
weakening
alleviation
dilution
diminution
lightening
loosening
mitigation
modification
qualification
abatement
let-up
letup
letting up
decline
decrease
waning
contraction
ebb
subsidence
easing off
discount
de-escalation
subsiding
relief
palliation
assuagement
softening
soothing
allaying
pacification
diminishing
quelling
placation
mollification
tempering
deadening
attenuation
dulling
cushioning
modulation
calming
appeasement
remission
damping
extenuation
stilling
tailing off
shrinkage
dwindling
curtailment
deduction
ebbing
subtraction
minimization
erosion
detraction
taking away
petering out
easement
comfort
ease
amelioration
remedy
dying down
slowing
wane
cutback
reprieve
cure
release
balm
relieving
dying away
comforting
dying out
fading
blunting
drop
fade
fall
palliative
slaking
diminishment
sinking
allayment
falloff
alleviating
solace
succor
US
salving
improvement
cooling off
succour
UK
tapering off
mitigating
assuaging
rest
retardation
respite
dropping away
dropping off
minimizing
US
secours
minimising
UK
aid
care
quenching
deterioration
sustenance
consolation
support
assistance
recession
degeneration
decay
slash
restfulness
extrication
well-being
cheer
depreciation
loss
retrenchment
downsize
lowering
flagging
fading away
rollback
decrement
relenting
cut
attrition
drop-off
step down
relaxing
conciliation
loosing
sagging
concession
propitiation
accommodation
acceding
reconciliation
quieting
peace-mongering
peacemaking
acquiescence
dovishness
lulling
compromise
peace offering
tranquillization
sweetening
bread and circuses
restoration
bread and games
settlement
amends
reparation
adjustment
accession
tranquilization
grant
more ❯
Noun
▲
A spell of inactivity or laziness
slack
respite
break
lull
breather
interval
pause
hiatus
let-up
breathing space
spell of inactivity
recess
intermission
interruption
interlude
rest
stop
suspension
downtime
halt
cessation
time out
letup
stoppage
abeyance
interregnum
lapse
remission
entr'acte
discontinuation
interim
moratorium
layoff
surcease
breath
coffee break
gap
discontinuance
cutoff
standstill
check
hiccup
hiccough
time-out
break-off
breathing spell
stay
delay
adjournment
wait
discontinuity
relaxation
lacuna
spell
parenthesis
stopping
caesura
pausation
freeze
comma
smoko
hold-up
time off
relief
breaking off
interstice
leave
disruption
time away
pause in the action
holiday
vacation
sit-down
tea break
lunch break
cut-off
vacay
deadlock
gridlock
stopover
diversion
lessening
slackening
ten
time
stand
five
beat
hush
stillness
hitch
breathing room
break off
lapse of time
happy hour
rest period
repose
jollification
recreation
entertainment
lightening
amusement
jollity
brightening
refreshment
suspense
doldrums
latency
intermezzo
abeyancy
end
finish
termination
conclusion
close
ending
arrest
closure
expiration
cease
shutdown
arrestment
closedown
closing
shutoff
desistance
offset
finishing
halting
ceasing
abandonment
screaming halt
grinding halt
cutting short
winding up
holdup
holdback
hold
time lag
retardation
detention
stall
lag
retardment
blockage
holding pattern
tie-up
period of waiting
time wasted
dormancy
breaktime
half-time
breakdown
postponement
winter
interspace
ado
timeout
short break
passage
course
moment
instant
second
intervening period
intervening time
blow
period
term
passing
span
freedom
idle time
spare time
free time
time to burn
time to kill
time on your hands
one's own sweet time
goof-off time
detainment
logjam
jam
snag
prorogation
filibuster
holding
showstopper
retard
block
trammel
waiting period
cooling-off period
occlusion
winding-up
dead stop
full stop
completion
screeching halt
wind-up
dead end
culmination
finale
end of the line
brick wall
wrap-up
roadblock
more ❯
Noun
▲
A decrease in size, number, rate, or level
fall
drop
decline
decrease
dip
descent
plunge
reduction
cut
lowering
slump
decrement
deterioration
diminishment
dive
downgrade
dwindling
lessening
plummet
declension
depression
diminishing
diminution
ebb
abatement
declination
degeneracy
degeneration
degradation
depletion
devolution
downswing
falloff
loss
shrinkage
crash
decadence
declivity
dent
nosedive
tumble
dropping off
fall-off
let-up
recession
drop-off
step down
falling off
downhill trend
declining
sinking
dropping away
downfall
downturn
slide
cutback
contraction
depreciation
eclipse
devaluation
curtailment
downtick
deduction
regression
weakening
downslide
sag
wane
attenuation
skid
waning
decay
discount
retrenchment
collapse
downtrend
slip
impoverishment
slackening
minimizing
US
cutting
markdown
slash
concavity
minimising
UK
slope
downgrading
hang
consumption
dying down
slant
basin
atrophy
retrogression
downhill
failing
expenditure
exhaustion
shrinking
erosion
draining
ebbing
expending
easing
slowdown
emptying
hanging
sapping
trough
lapse
pitch
fading
minimization
attrition
subtraction
dropoff
using up
deflation
down
running down
dilution
loss of value
pullback
sinkhole
ruin
downward spiral
demotion
withering
precipitation
extenuation
diminuendo
landslide
comedown
worsening
downsize
backsliding
deprivation
subsidence
mitigation
rollback
lightening
privation
de-escalation
decrescence
stagnation
standstill
relapse
recidivation
falling-off
inactivity
forfeiture
squandering
paralysis
shakeout
letting up
shortfall
dissipation
moderation
concession
allowance
write-down
receding
bottom-out
difference
pruning
trimming
slimming
drain
impairment
waste
chopping
debasement
limiting
axing
gradient
cant
sink
sinkage
bottom out
subsiding
want
failure
retardation
hill
scarp
subdual
subjugation
slimming down
slowing
deficiency
scaling down
fade
adret
versant
bajada
escarpment
relaxation
devaluing
minus
cheapening
dying away
easing off
cooling off
tapering off
petering out
tailing off
dying out
trail
bend
track
decrease in value
lowering in value
rise and fall
reduction in value
accounting allowance
more ❯
Noun
▲
A temporary interval of calm, quiet, or lack of activity
lull
calm
peace
calmness
tranquillity
UK
tranquility
US
quiet
stillness
peacefulness
hush
silence
quietness
respite
quiescence
let-up
serenity
placidity
quietude
repose
still
restfulness
rest
peace and quiet
inactivity
inaction
sereneness
noiselessness
placidness
relaxation
relief
comfort
ease
leisure
downtime
idleness
unwinding
refreshment
restoration
recreation
relaxing
dormancy
renewal
soundlessness
time off
winding down
breathing space
mental repose
period of relaxation
period of repose
time out
me-time
loosening up
untroubledness
impassivity
stoicism
dispassion
composure
restraint
coolness
equanimity
sedateness
reposefulness
patience
mildness
imperturbation
order
imperturbability
doldrums
dead air
law and order
peace of mind
dead calm
me time
silent
oppressiveness
motionlessness
quietus
hush-hush
languor
contentment
harmony
lack of disturbance
freedom from interference
lack of interruption
snooze
siesta
doze
somnolence
dreaminess
kip
letup
decompression
cessation
calming oneself
coffee break
content
aplomb
cool
collectedness
sangfroid
equilibrium
countenance
composedness
tranquilness
smoothness
unflappability
ataraxia
unexcitability
control
ataraxy
sobriety
togetherness
self-possession
self-composedness
level-headedness
cool-headedness
self-restraint
even-temperedness
solace
muteness
speechlessness
consolation
gentleness
peaceableness
easygoingness
soothingness
relaxedness
more ❯
Noun
▲
A state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress
plateau
lull
stability
respite
break
quiescent period
levelling off
levelling-off period
period of little change
let-up
level of stability
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