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Antonyms for letting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : let
Phonetic Transcription : lɛt

Definition of letting

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.
  • verb allow
  • verb rent out object, property
Example sentences :
  • She was hardly thinking—only letting thoughts and feelings come and go.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • They are not any the less mine because I am letting other people have a chance to enjoy them.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But this time, instead of letting her draw away, he put out his arms and caught her to him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • We are letting this world progress and roll right on past us without a struggle.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It was the liberation of his inner life, the letting out of his soul into the wide world.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Are you letting your pretty head run on the handsome gentleman.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And I could no longer scold Rachel for "letting things slide."
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • "I dunno where Saunders is again," he said, letting his consent be taken for granted.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • He had expressed it, he thought, to the uttermost, by letting her go at all.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I'm not such a fool as to think—Ah, forgive me for letting her think that.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Synonyms for letting

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