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What is another word for
letting up
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Verb
Present participle for to pause or relax one's efforts
Present participle for to draw to a close
Present participle for to treat in a more lenient manner
Present participle for to diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
Present participle for to relax or take time out
Present participle for to formally bring to an end (at least temporarily)
Present participle for to make something less tight
Present participle for to prevent from progress
Present participle for to provide comfort or assuagement to
Noun
The action of making a rule or restriction less strict
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pause or relax one's efforts
adjourning
breaking
breaking off
desisting
doing less
resting
abating
ceasing
holding back
pausing
relaxing
releasing
relenting
slackening
stopping
taking a break
taking a breath
easing off
easing up
slowing down
taking a breather
hesitating
halting
waiting
discontinuing
delaying
wavering
deliberating
faltering
interrupting
taking five
catching one's breath
marking time
having a breather
reflecting
stopping briefly
thinking twice
calling time
suspending
coming to standstill
dropping
sidelining
pulling up
shaking
breaking it up
hanging back
lingering
taking ten
tarrying
putting on hold
holding on
stalling
sitting tight
hanging on
holding your horses
holding your fire
procrastinating
vacillating
having a break
hanging around
hanging fire
hanging about
adopting Fabian tactics
clocking off
stopping work
finishing work
finishing working
closing shop
shutting down
finishing
leaving work
knocking off
finishing the working day
calling it a day
more ❯
“You never
let up
, do you?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to draw to a close
ending
ceasing
stopping
finishing
terminating
halting
discontinuing
concluding
closing
quitting
elapsing
lapsing
passing
expiring
determining
going
dying
breaking off
dead-ending
winding up
breaking up
leaving off
winking out
desisting
dropping
knocking off
coming to an end
bringing to an end
packing in
laying off
desisting from
cutting off
giving over
closing out
wrapping up
breaking
suspending
completing
cutting out
giving up
packing up
shutting off
axing
belaying
rounding out
rounding off
shutting down
bringing to a close
adjourning
surceasing
dissolving
culminating
finishing off
putting an end to
calling it a day
cutting short
drawing to a close
vanishing
coming to a close
consummating
putting a stop to
calling a halt to
refraining from
staying
running out
winding down
resting
sewing up
pulling the plug on
passing away
closing down
pausing
interrupting
disappearing
refraining
recessing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
abolishing
intermitting
scrubbing
fading away
getting done
packing it in
biting the dust
wrapping
ultimating
settling
ending up
running its course
topping off
calling it quits
abandoning
fading
slipping away
going by
withdrawing
kicking
intervening
laying off of
scrapping
aborting
finalizing
US
coming to a standstill
transpiring
dwindling
bringing to a halt
parting
petering out
calling off
departing
blowing over
scratching
evaporating
putting the lid on
abstaining from
cutting it out
knocking something on the head
bringing to a stop
giving something the chop
dying down
ceasing to exist
crowning
annulling
melting away
finalising
UK
bringing to a conclusion
nipping in the bud
evanishing
proroguing
dying out
cooling it
flying by
abstaining
disrupting
waning
ebbing
becoming invalid
becoming obsolete
becoming void
putting a period to
cinching
drawing to close
putting to bed
bringing down curtain
putting a lid on
buttoning up
capping
cutting loose
clearing
buttoning down
folding up
failing
resolving
accomplishing
discharging
lying by
giving a rest
leaving alone
spelling
stopping doing
getting shot of
sundering
winding something up
disposing of
putting paid to
getting shut of
switching off
pulling the plug
relinquishing
nipping something in the bud
hanging up
carrying out
carrying through
shuttering
folding
bringing to fruition
setting the seal on
coming to a conclusion
rounding up
clinching
doing without
getting on the wagon
kicking over
hanging it up
renouncing
taking the cure
forgoing
forbearing from
eschewing
quitting cold
avoiding
kicking the habit
quitting cold turkey
backing off
cleaning up
liquidating
finishing up
doing
coming to the end
tiing up loose ends
coming to a stop
checking
arresting
blocking
stalling
stemming
curbing
staunching
impeding
succumbing
perishing
taking a break
having a breather
easing off
taking a breather
postponing
taking time out
taking time off
deferring
easing up
having a break
taking ten
delaying
coming to a halt
croaking
demising
wilting
withering
kicking off
deceasing
conking out
pegging out
checking out
passing on
popping off
flatlining
kicking in
exiting
stepping out
falling
bringing
obstructing
stilling
catching
stopping dead
drawing to a halt
coming to rest
bringing to an untimely end
issuing
achieving
extinguishing
tethering
letting go
prorogating
resulting
restricting
eliminating
perfecting
confining
losing
tumbling
faltering
retrograding
trailing off
returning
recidivating
weakening
apostatizing
tailing off
descending
receding
falling away
turning your back on
waiting
holding back
standing
reaching a standstill
dying away
collapsing
fizzling out
stopping in one's tracks
holding
hampering
drawing up
dropping anchor
blowing the whistle on
baulking
UK
bringing up
holding up
frustrating
barring
balking
US
pulling up
fetching up
bringing to a standstill
putting a cork in
bringing to standstill
immobilising
UK
putting the kibosh on
deterring
punctuating
ceasing fire
holding at bay
immobilizing
US
freezing
stemming the flow
proceeding
advancing
progressing
gliding by
rolling by
marching on
wearing on
slipping by
going past
slipping past
passing by
flowing
ticking by
rolling on
stealing by
sliding past
sliding by
rolling past
flying past
crawling by
ticking past
creeping past
gliding past
stealing past
creeping by
crawling past
cutting
dispensing with
phasing out
doing away with
disuniting
killing
disconnecting
getting rid of
interposing
dissevering
separating
disjoining
blowing off
bagging it
swearing off
forswearing
forsaking
withholding from
shunning
going without
keeping off
forbearing
keeping from
ditching
jacking in
having done with
resisting
withholding
steering clear of
getting off
holding off
getting out of
resigning from
skipping
foregoing
passing up
restraining from
ignoring
staying away from
resisting the temptation to
keeping
shying from
reining in
waiving
denying yourself
shelving
pulling out of
not touching
escaping from
skipping out on
shaking
revoking
rescinding
repealing
sacrificing
crying off
omitting
chucking
standing down from
preventing
closing off
rejecting
turning aside from
going cold turkey
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
stopping trying
forletting
ceasing to indulge in
bringing to end
resigning
yielding
leaving out
breaking into
disturbing
cutting into
interfering with
saying goodbye to
restraining oneself from
stopping oneself from
holding back from
succeeding
leaving
enduring
dispensing
calling a stop to
not doing
stopping work
heading off
downing tools
abating
nullifying
giving something a miss
managing without
keeping away from
withdrawing from
divorcing
finishing with
wiping out
remitting
breaking with
parting from
dusting off
forgetting about
throwing up
retiring from
parting with
eighty-sixing
forfeiting
jilting
recalling
calling a halt
calling
stopping midstream
knocks it off
jacking something in
snubbing
carving
excluding
excising
removing
isolating
marginalizing
US
ousting
extirpating
severing
overlooking
usurping
extracting
exsecting
deleting
abjuring
bridling
restraining
restraining oneself
fighting shy of
escaping
going easy
giving a wide berth to
restraining yourself
inhibiting
declining to
evading
stopping oneself
declining
marginalising
UK
cutting dead
taking away
taking out
pigeonholing
rescheduling
tabling
putting off
inactivating
putting on the back burner
holding over
putting on back burner
taking a rain check on
protracting
putting on ice
laying aside
ruling out
holding in abeyance
putting in abeyance
putting in cold storage
retarding
putting back
staving off
laying on the table
mothballing
putting on the shelf
filing
laying over
putting on hold
procrastinating
counting out
hanging fire
putting aside
disbanding
keeping in abeyance
precluding
shirking
bypassing
averting
shrinking from
refusing
backing off from
checking out from
breaking the habit of
dodging
sidestepping
kiboshing
calling it quits on
surceasing from
getting around
skirting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to treat in a more lenient manner
going easy on
treating less severely
“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
▲
Present participle for to diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
slackening
abating
declining
decreasing
de-escalating
diminishing
dwindling
easing
ebbing
falling
lessening
lowering
moderating
palling
receding
relenting
remitting
shrinking
subsiding
tapering
waning
calming
ceasing
dying off
dropping away
easing off
fading
petering out
quietening
stopping
weakening
calming down
draining away
dropping off
falling away
finishing
phasing down
quietening down
ratcheting down
tapering off
terminating
tailing off
coming to an end
coming to a stop
dying away
dying down
dying out
dropping
sinking
reducing
falling off
relaxing
easing up
contracting
slumping
growing less
slowing down
softening
slacking off
withering
attenuating
plummetting
plummeting
degenerating
drooping
fading away
deteriorating
flagging
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
quelling
slackening off
going down
decaying
growing smaller
becoming smaller
tempering
lightening
mitigating
trailing off
disappearing
depreciating
crumbling
plunging
melting away
cooling off
alleviating
winding down
wilting
closing
wasting away
draining
downsizing
curbing
fizzling out
failing
running low
wearing away
vanishing
slowing
trailing
minimizing
US
minimising
UK
downscaling
checking
wasting
settling
settling down
getting less
evaporating
descending
drying up
wearing down
curtailing
restraining
devaluating
ending
dissolving
nosediving
becoming weaker
halting
blurring
lapsing
slacking
bating
decrementing
getting smaller
going downhill
becoming less
depleting
blowing over
quieting
trailing away
narrowing down
losing edge
flopping
desisting
passing
lulling
languishing
withdrawing
melting
retiring
sloping
stilling
dipping
shortening
going
thinning out
sagging
minifying
regressing
relapsing
subduing
growing faint
losing
tottering
giving way
depressing
evanescing
going through the floor
retrograding
breaking up
toning down
denting
falling short
taking a nosedive
phasing out
knocking down
fading out
hitting the floor
slaking
passing away
dimming
slashing
rebating
dissipating
narrowing
folding
flatlining
falling through
withering away
closing out
modulating
atrophying
turning down
making less
paring down
becoming less intense
deflating
condensing
growing
slanting down
tilting downwards
inclining downwards
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
slipping
abbreviating
retrenching
extenuating
making smaller
slimming
wrinkling
dampening
mollifying
relieving
assuaging
allaying
disengaging
releasing
shaping
rescinding
elongating
disintegrating
collapsing
giving in
becoming weak
cutting down
modifying
tailing away
stepping down
restricting
whittling down
coming to nothing
coming to grief
falling down
telescoping
drawing to a close
going easy
taking it easy
retreating
flowing away
levelling off
thinning down
dying away or out
dying away or down
coasting
decelerating
cooling
unlaxing
dulling
leaving off
running out
elapsing
dying
concluding
packing in
expiring
discontinuing
quitting
moldering
US
mouldering
UK
dilapidating
winding up
breaking off
dead-ending
winking out
determining
going dead
chilling out
cooling it
retroceding
crashing
tumbling
grinding to a halt
returning
pulling out
falling back
backing away
lagging
emaciating
tiring
devaluing
diving
skidding
petering
buckling
dragging
cheapening
cratering
backsliding
going back
moving away
retrogressing
faltering
hitting the dirt
bowing out
becoming lower
declining in price
tipping over
going into a tailspin
nose-diving
decreasing in value
taking a header
folding up
caving in
losing value
breaking down
eroding
departing
retracting
going away
backing
moving further off
drawing away
flowing back
drawing back
moving back
backing off
growing dim
fainting
limping
vitiating
debasing
impoverishing
trembling
crippling
coming down
wearing off
losing spirit
growing weaker
clipping
impairing
thinning
cropping
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
abridging
cutting
amputating
slacking up
cutting back
rolling back
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
dispersing
giving out
sliding
diluting
perishing
clearing
marking down
axing
scaling down
palliating
pruning
degrading
pining
truncating
limiting
trimming
ceasing to exist
coming to a halt
paring
downgrading
dialing down
taking a dive
taking the edge off
bringing down
fizzling
losing strength
flying
dematerializing
fleeing
wizening
scattering
becoming extinct
sickening
constricting
mummifying
falling steeply
blunting
downturning
compressing
deadening
succumbing
falling sharply
dispelling
ceasing to be
growing feeble
soothing
brooding
breaking
discounting
fagging out
dropping rapidly
tightening
dying on vine
shaving
going into a decline
couching
damping down
trimming down
trimming back
slimming down
making cutbacks in
taking down
writing down
shriveling up
losing intensity
clearing up
ebbing away
wearying
running dry
becoming depleted
rationing
losing its effect
losing its effectiveness
losing courage
muting
damping
muffling
appeasing
becoming unproductive
growing barren
growing sterile
dropping down
decomposing
cushioning
becoming obsolete
exiting
miscarrying
ceasing to yield
getting lower
going downwards
foundering
diffusing
disassembling
rounding down
stifling
becoming exhausted
straitening
compacting
amortising
UK
casting down
amortizing
US
qualifying
bombing
coming to a halt end
coming to a an end
cutting back on
making fewer
cutting down on
devalorizing
worsening
lowering in value
lowering in price
unmaking
squeezing
peaking
mooning
moping
busting
numbing
capsulizing
capsuling
constringing
containing
guttering
demoting
undervaluing
scrimping
defusing
freshening
allying
frosting
freezing
infrigidating
going awry
disappearing from the face of the earth
taming
making narrower
breaking into pieces
going amiss
etiolating
causing to fall
easing up on
becoming blurred
becoming shadowy
becoming vague
becoming confused
becoming indistinct
making faint
desiccating
dehydrating
becoming rarer
passing on
becoming narrower
getting narrower
deliquescing
rarefying
evanishing
hushing
losing ground
taking in
docking
striking out
scaling back
taking the heat off
becoming unimportant
becoming less dense
becoming less numerous
becoming less loud
pooping out
passing off
tuckering out
becoming less common
passing into oblivion
parching
burning
frazzling
searing
scorching
vanishing into thin air
synopsizing
clearing out
becoming less in number
making shorter
eliding
syncopating
paling
desiring
wanting
hungering
sighing
longing
fossilizing
US
weltering
staling
exsiccating
mummying
blasting
suspiring
yearning
hankering
taking up
bobbing
chopping
excerpting
getting shorter
cutting short
lopping
editing
snipping
losing lustre
paling into insignificance
growing dull
decreasing in importance
losing significance
sorrowing
teetering
grieving
knocking out
going to pieces
sniveling
US
desponding
tuckering
eating your heart out over
going soft
snivelling
UK
conking out
pining away
ailing
growing weak
boiling down
cutting to the bone
making a long story short
bluing pencil
putting in a nutshell
turning up
puckering up
fossilising
UK
curling up
more ❯
“The cold weather in the state had not
let up
one bit.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to relax or take time out
chilling out
relaxing
unwinding
de-stressing
easing off
easing up
loosening up
reposing
resting
slowing down
unbending
flopping
lazing
lolling
lounging
luxuriating
slacking off
slumping
doing nothing
idling
loafing
playing
sitting back
taking it easy
taking time off
taking time out
unbuttoning
amusing oneself
enjoying oneself
entertaining oneself
vegging out
kicking back
staying loose
letting it all hang out
lightening up
taking a break
letting yourself go
winding down
chillin
chilling
decompressing
reclining
mellowing out
letting oneself go
making yourself at home
doing less
slackening
taking things easy
taking some time off
slowing
standing down
becoming less formal
cooling it
becoming informal
outspanning
quietening
quietening down
calming down
quieting down
putting your feet up
basking
putting one's feet up
unlaxing
settling back
knocking off
simmering down
taking one's time
having a break
cooling off
stopping work
making less tense
collecting oneself
making oneself at home
taking ten
feeling at home
composing oneself
taking a breather
sitting around
letting your hair down
breathing easy
taking your ease
lying down
loosening
becoming less rigid
going easy
becoming relaxed
settling down
mellowing
cooling down
stopping worrying
controlling oneself
controlling yourself
getting a grip on yourself
getting a hold of yourself
getting your act together
chillaxing
lying back
calming yourself
soothing
composing yourself
pacifying
taking five
pulling oneself together
getting a grip
calming
pausing
keeping cool
regaining one's composure
settling
having a rest
taking a chill pill
steadying oneself
becoming quieter
becoming calmer
behaving
destressing
stopping paying attention
lying
hosing down
getting hold of oneself
pulling in one's horns
restraining oneself
daydreaming
hanging out
sprawling
stoning
turning off
slouching
leaning back
stretching oneself
catching one's breath
lounging around
lazing around
letting one's hair down
taking a load off
switching off
recessing
draping oneself
refreshing
breaking
stopping briefly
suspending proceedings
keeping one's shirt on
coming back down to earth
regaining one's self-control
recovering one's composure
playing it cool
laying back
keeping one's head
recovering one's self-control
composing
tranquilizing
US
having a breather
having time out
dozing
sleeping
napping
snoozing
drowsing
slumbering
catnapping
making less uptight
zizzing
slacking
kipping
lying by
sitting down
taking a rest
stretching out
refreshing oneself
putting feet up
refreshing yourself
taking a nap
taking life easy
letting down
nodding off
having a nap
having a siesta
lying still
having a snooze
taking a siesta
having forty winks
having a spell
getting some shut-eye
snatching forty winks
catching some Zs
going to bed
getting some kip
having a kip
getting control of oneself
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to formally bring to an end (at least temporarily)
adjourning
suspending
postponing
deferring
delaying
interrupting
proroguing
recessing
discontinuing
staying
shelving
breaking off
dissolving
ending
pigeonholing
putting off
terminating
halting
holding over
pausing
putting back
mothballing
prorogating
tabling
breaking up
continuing
holding in abeyance
putting over
remitting
respiting
suspending proceedings
bringing to an end
curbing
finishing
knocking off
restraining
stopping
taking a break
calling a halt to
coming to an end
putting on ice
taking a breather
taking a recess
taking five
holding back
holding off
holding up
laying on the table
putting in cold storage
calling a halt
taking a rain check
calling it a day
taking a rain check on
putting on the back burner
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make something less tight
untightening
loosening
slackening
relaxing
releasing
slacking
loosing
lessening
relieving
abating
aiding
allaying
ameliorating
anaesthetizing
UK
anesthetizing
US
appeasing
assisting
assuaging
calming
cheering
comforting
curing
disburdening
disengaging
doctoring
expediting
facilitating
forwarding
freeing
furthering
improving
lifting
lightening
meliorating
mitigating
moderating
mollifying
nursing
pacifying
palliating
promoting
quieting
relenting
simplifying
smoothing
softening
soothing
speeding
stilling
tranquilizing
US
attending to
clearing the way
letting up on
making easier
opening the door
running interference for
speeding up
easing
unknotting
unclenching
becoming less stiff
becoming less tense
becoming less rigid
letting go
making looser
becoming looser
opening
weakening
diminishing
reducing
veering
easing off
easing up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent from progress
retarding
arresting
checking
decelerating
delaying
handicapping
braking
clogging
detaining
hindering
impeding
obstructing
encumbering
postponing
slowing down
stalling
deferring
hampering
curbing
hamstringing
holding back
holding up
inhibiting
setting back
slowing up
interrupting
keeping back
putting back
restraining
restricting
slackening
slowing
cumbering
staying
trammelling
trammeling
baffling
baulking
UK
balking
US
bogging
choking
crimping
dawdling
decreasing
downing
faltering
fettering
flagging
hesitating
interfering with
lessening
loafing
loitering
miring
poking
reducing
retardating
putting a brake on
backing off
bogging down
choking off
closing off
hanging up
shutting down
shutting off
taking down
bringing to screeching halt
throwing a spanner in the works of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
barring
damming
moderating
blocking
stopping
halting
losing speed
easing up
slamming on the brakes
cramping
stymieing
thwarting
preventing
frustrating
shackling
constraining
hobbling
limiting
bridling
handcuffing
foiling
hog-tying
putting off
manacling
embarrassing
curtailing
tying up
short-circuiting
suspending
forestalling
controlling
crippling
repressing
holding off
shelving
deterring
borking
holding
derailing
rescheduling
suppressing
adjourning
withholding
holding over
prohibiting
proroguing
remitting
getting in the way of
containing
standing in the way of
stifling
confining
putting on hold
regulating
disrupting
stonewalling
stemming
reining in
protracting
counteracting
procrastinating
putting an end to
opposing
catching
putting on the back burner
putting on ice
keeping
pausing
averting
tabling
prolonging
pigeonholing
mothballing
staving off
holding in
getting in the way
holding down
putting over
nipping in the bud
holding off on
burdening
dragging one's feet
taking a rain check on
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
laying on the table
stilling
tying
diminishing
smothering
interfering
governing
straitening
freezing
dallying
scuppering
taming
lagging
intermitting
tarrying
drawing up
debarring
fetching up
pulling up
interdicting
weighing down
respiting
bottling up
warding off
shutting out
laying over
cutting off
putting a stop to
keeping lid on
putting on back burner
hanging fire
circumventing
countering
staunching
muzzling
discontinuing
reining
disadvantaging
dithering
lingering
measuring
ruling
binding
forbidding
making late
avoiding
keeping under control
keeping in check
bringing up
putting the brakes on
choking back
hemming in
corking
pulling in
bringing to a standstill
continuing
cooling
extending
defending against
heading off
stemming the flow of
carrying over
setting aside
waiving
giving rain check
stunting
sabotaging
keeping waiting
embogging
discouraging
crabbing
neutralizing
US
muffling
bottlenecking
ruining
inconveniencing
precluding
sandbagging
chaining
subduing
stanching
defeating
overloading
neutralising
UK
terminating
evading
constricting
fazing
oppressing
entangling
temporizing
US
contravening
resisting
cutting back
cutting short
nullifying
circumnavigating
fighting back
leashing
dropping
gagging
bitting
imprisoning
dragging
skirting
sidestepping
hitting the brakes
temporising
UK
warding
shilly-shallying
dilly-dallying
circumscribing
boxing in
keeping a lid on
biting back
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
cooping up
dillydallying
steering clear of
spoiling
ruling out
keeping in
cramping one's style
locking up
putting at a disadvantage
saddling with
cooling off
keeping within bounds
taking a raincheck
placing at a disadvantage
keeping the lid on
putting in abeyance
bringing to an end
playing for time
boxing up
dragging your feet
keeping in abeyance
ending
straitjacketing
sinking
causing to wait
causing to stay
dissuading from
impairing
withstanding
debilitating
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
dissuading
quashing
snagging
preventing from making progress
leaving to another time
incommoding
lengthening
entrapping
getting bogged down
sidelining
giving a rain check
tiing one's hands
discomfiting
rattling
tabooing
enjoining
outlawing
bothering
discommoding
charging
tethering
scrubbing
bracing
sidetracking
fixing
ceasing
disconcerting
gripping
fastening
clamping
clasping
objecting
quibbling
prevaricating
standing
fencing
equivocating
tempering
strangling
putting out of commission
giving disadvantage
taking out
getting out of
getting around
pegging
disciplining
knocking off
making difficult
setting limits on
imposing limits on
escaping
bypassing
beating
putting paid to
putting on brakes
putting an stop to
entrammelling
entrammeling
screwing up
fouling up
breaking off
abating
scotching
overturning
cutting down on
petering out
buying time
not moving
standing off
dampening
dissolving
prorogating
recessing
disbanding
giving a hard time
anticipating
keeping off
chillin
obviating
fending off
chilling
turning aside
staving
intercepting
keeping at bay
forfending
bringing to a close
deflecting
quieting
reefing
qualifying
putting a limit on
harnessing
coming to a standstill
avoiding the issue
taking one's time
beating around the bush
standing over
incarcerating
interning
putting aside
crashing
unsettling
juking
putting the kibosh on
doing for
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
taking wind out of
outwitting
upsetting
ditching
lousing up
holding in check
putting off the evil day
putting off the evil hour
doing later
inactivating
laying off
breaking up
quitting
laying aside
putting on the shelf
filing
calling a halt to
omitting
counting out
cooling down
putting away
having on a tight leash
cracking down
keeping down
bringing under control
delimiting
keeping in line
sitting on
impounding
pulling back
directing
reining back
tying down
killing
guiding
pinning down
hogtying
hogtieing
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
buttoning up
keeping tight rein on
keeping a tight rein on
cutting down
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
necessitating
concussing
fencing in
disallowing
closing in
depriving
locking in
banning
denying
shutting in
shotgunning
immuring
wronging
occluding
letting down flaps
telling against
treating unfavourably
inflicting a handicap on
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
putting half nelson on
congesting
jamming
stuffing
clotting
closing
loading
saddling
going slower
swallowing
squelching
barricading
blocking up
slackening off
slamming on the anchors
losing pace
slacking up
reducing speed
slacking
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
blockading
clogging up
plugging up
gumming up
stopping up
bunging up
throttling
screening
obscuring
complicating
slackening pace
lumbering
becoming slower
straining
weighting
freighting
lading
overtaxing
stressing
taxing
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
monkeying with
trailing
making slower
getting slower
reducing in speed
straggling
sauntering
idling
overwhelming
overburdening
wavering
vacillating
havering
hanging back
swithering
goldbricking
waiting
lollygagging
crawling
falling back
moping
lallygagging
falling behind
failing
diddling
creeping
trailing behind
dragging behind
waning
ebbing
slouching
inching along
bringing up the rear
inching
trudging
moving slowly
losing strength
shuffling
tailing
limping
dropping behind
falling off
getting no place fast
tooling
staggering
jellying
lounging
plodding
postponing action
deferring action
kicking the can down the road
humming and hawing
suspending action
playing a waiting game
using delaying tactics
putting off doing something
letting slide
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to provide comfort or assuagement to
composing
becalming
calming
lulling
lullabying
quieting
quietening
salving
settling
soothing
stilling
tranquilizing
US
adjusting
allaying
appeasing
assuaging
balming
checking
comforting
consoling
cooling
disposing
easing
lessening
making up
mitigating
moderating
modulating
pacifying
placating
quelling
reconciling
regulating
reining
relaxing
repressing
resolving
restraining
slackening
smothering
softening
solacing
suppressing
tempering
easing up
holding in
simmering down
tuning down
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
decrease
waning
ebb
remission
minimization
minimizing
US
minimising
UK
respite
lull
diminishing
dwindling
modulation
decline
subsidence
contraction
suspension
ebbing
abeyance
amelioration
deadening
easing off
appeasement
damping
cushioning
attenuation
assuagement
allaying
palliation
release
pause
delay
dying down
break
cutback
interruption
retardation
tempering
tailing off
calming
placation
soothing
dulling
quelling
relief
stilling
pacification
softening
mollification
extenuation
easement
ease
vindication
justification
comfort
slaking
palliative
improvement
cure
remedy
slowing
allowance
blunting
curtailment
quenching
reprieve
salving
allayment
balm
absorption
alleviating
excuse
soaking up
comforting
mitigating
relieving
assuaging
rest
explanation
apology
an excuse
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
decrease
decline
reduction
lessening
diminution
drop
shrinkage
abatement
contraction
cutback
declining
diminishing
downturn
ebb
loss
lowering
curtailment
cut
discount
falling off
wane
waning
decrement
dent
depletion
depression
diminishment
drop-off
dwindling
fall
falloff
slackening
downtick
subsidence
compression
condensation
constriction
decrescence
de-escalation
striction
dying down
step down
deduction
weakening
easing
moderation
subtraction
attenuation
retrenchment
mitigation
let-up
impoverishment
tempering
softening
alleviation
assuagement
lightening
fading
relaxation
depreciation
subsiding
dilution
deadening
restriction
sinking
ebbing
erosion
slash
cutting
easing off
remission
minimization
minimizing
US
petering out
saving
allowance
rollback
markdown
withdrawal
minimising
UK
deficiency
rebate
relief
phasedown
exhaustion
slowing
scaling down
allaying
quelling
cushioning
palliation
appeasement
soothing
shrinking
decay
mollification
devaluation
limiting
degradation
tailing off
dulling
trimming
extenuation
modification
limitation
economy
sapping
dying away
deterioration
dying out
drain
degeneration
attrition
detraction
removal
cutting back
retardation
debit
concession
docking
taking away
stepping down
qualification
downgrade
difference
modulation
damping
descent
downsize
slowdown
placation
stilling
pacification
calming
thinning
offsetting
rarefication
failing
receding
curtailing
downfall
ruination
slowing down
disappearance
deprivation
curbing
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
privation
undermining
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
minus
watering down
taking the edge off
shortfall
dissipation
flagging
respite
expenditure
consumption
lull
absorption
expending
using up
use
fading away
impairment
waste
milking
emptying
draining
subduction
deletion
pruning
slimming
sweep
recession
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
suspension
abeyance
bleeding
shortening
truncation
knock-off
want
failure
abstraction
fade
cessation
chopping
debasement
axing
amelioration
desisting
dropping off
relenting
dropping away
curb
abbreviation
guillotine
reversal
soaking up
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
cooling off
running down
delay
release
break
pause
letup
interruption
low water
low tide
outward flow
belt-tightening
discounting
salami slicing
tapering off
blunting
contribution
excision
write-off
taking off
dockage
payment
credit
cutting short
slipping
dropping
settling
collapsing
descending
sagging
falling
knocking off
slaking
slippage
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letting your breath out
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