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Antonyms for let up on
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : let |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛt |
- accusation
- accuse
- aggravate
- agitate
- annoy
- bind
- blame
- block
- bring down
- burden
- cease
- censure
- charge
- check
- collect
- condemn
- confine
- convict
- damn
- delay
- demote
- depress
- detain
- enlarge
- exasperate
- excite
- extend
- fasten
- forward
- gather
- halt
- harm
- hinder
- hold
- hurt
- impeach
- impede
- imprison
- incarcerate
- incite
- increase
- incriminate
- injure
- intensify
- irritate
- keep
- limit
- magnify
- maintain
- make difficult
- obligate
- perplex
- prevent
- provoke
- punish
- restrain
- retain
- sentence
- slow
- stop
- suppress
- trouble
- upset
- vex
- weaken
- worry
- worsen
Definition of let up on
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 absolve : verb free from responsibility, duty
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in reprieve : verb relieve of blame, responsibility
- As in untighten : verb ease
- As in ease : verb alleviate, help
- As in forgive : verb stop blame and grant pardon
Synonyms for let up on
- abate
- absolve
- accept apology
- acquit
- aid
- allay
- alleviate
- allow for
- ameliorate
- amnesty
- anesthetize
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- attend to
- bail out
- bear no malice
- bear with
- bleach
- blink at
- bury the hatchet
- calm
- cast loose
- cheer
- clear
- clear the way
- comfort
- commute
- condone
- cure
- deliver
- disburden
- discharge
- disengage
- dismiss from mind
- dispense
- doctor
- drop
- efface
- emancipate
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- expedite
- extenuate
- extricate
- facilitate
- forget
- forgive
- forward
- free
- further
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- grant a stay
- improve
- issue
- kiss and make up
- laugh off
- launder
- leak
- lessen
- let bygones be bygones
- let go
- let it go
- let off
- let off easy
- let off steam
- let off the hook
- let off this time
- let pass
- let up
- let up on
- liberate
- lifeboat
- lift
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- make allowance
- make easier
- manumit
- meliorate
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- nurse
- open the door
- open up
- overlook
- pacify
- palliate
- pardon
- postpone
- promote
- purge
- quiet
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- reprieve
- respite
- run interference for
- sanitize
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- simplify
- slack
- slacken
- smooth
- soften
- soothe
- spare
- speed
- speed up
- spring
- still
- surrender
- take out
- think no more of
- tranquilize
- turn loose
- turn other cheek
- turn out
- unbind
- unchain
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unleash
- unloose
- unshackle
- untie
- untighten
- vent
- vindicate
- whitewash
- wink at
- wipe it off
- wipe slate clean
- wipe the slate clean
- write off
- yield
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