Antonyms for letting go
Grammar : Interj, verb |
- accept
- accomplish
- accusation
- accuse
- achieve
- acknowledge
- add
- admire
- admit
- adopt
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- agree
- allow
- amplify
- appoint
- approve
- ascend
- assert
- assign
- attach
- attend
- be active
- be happy
- be quiet
- be sad
- begin
- bind
- blame
- block
- bore
- build
- button
- cannot
- capture
- care
- catch
- censure
- charge
- cherish
- close
- clutter
- collect
- combine
- come
- complete
- compliment
- concern
- condemn
- confine
- connect
- conquer
- continue
- convict
- correct
- counter
- couple
- dam
- damn
- defend
- delegate
- delight
- denounce
- deny
- detain
- develop
- direct
- disallow
- disappoint
- disapprove
- discourage
- dislike
- dismantle
- dissuade
- distress
- do
- do well
- doom
- dull
- employ
- energize
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- entangle
- enter
- entwine
- esteem
- excite
- expand
- explain
- extend
- face
- fasten
- favor
- fight
- find
- find guilty
- finish
- fix
- flatter
- follow
- forward
- free
- gather
- get
- give
- gloat
- go
- grow
- guard
- hate
- heed
- help
- hide
- hire
- hit
- hitch
- hold
- honor
- hook
- hurt
- implode
- imprison
- incarcerate
- incite
- include
- increase
- incriminate
- inject
- insert
- intensify
- involve
- irritate
- join
- keep
- legalize
- like
- limit
- link
- listen
- load
- look at
- love
- magnify
- maintain
- meet
- mend
- need
- note
- notice
- nurture
- offer
- oppose
- owe
- pay attention
- permit
- persevere
- pile up
- place
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prevent
- prolong
- promote
- protect
- prove
- pull
- punish
- pursue
- raise
- receive
- recognize
- refuse
- regard
- reject
- remain
- remember
- repress
- respect
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- reveal
- revive
- rise
- run into
- sanction
- secure
- sentence
- serve
- slow
- start
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- succeed
- support
- surpass
- take care of
- take in
- take notice
- tangle
- tense
- tie
- tighten
- twist
- unite
- uphold
- veto
- watch
- welcome
- win
- wind
- withhold
- work
- worry
- worsen
Definition of letting go
- As in never mind : interj forget it
- As in abate : verb lessen, grow or cause to grow less
- As in lay off : verb relieve of responsibility
- As in leave : verb forget, neglect
- As in let off : verb make not subject to punishment or action
- As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in neglect : verb be indifferent, leave alone
- As in omit : verb exclude, forget
- As in oust : verb expel, get rid of
- As in overlook : verb disregard, neglect
- As in overlook : verb make allowances for
- As in play : verb have fun
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in relent : verb die down; let up
- As in reprieve : verb relieve of blame, responsibility
- As in revel : verb take pleasure; celebrate
- As in spare : verb forgive; have mercy upon
- As in surrender : verb give up; resign
- As in throw : verb propel something through the air
- As in weep : verb cry
- As in yield : verb give in, surrender
- As in cut loose : verb let loose
- As in loosen : verb unbind
- As in bypass : verb avoid
- As in can : verb fire from job
- As in acquit : verb announce removal of blame
- As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
- As in clear : verb liberate; free from uncertainty
- As in roister : verb revel
- As in abandon : verb leave behind, relinquish
- As in cry : verb weep and make sad sounds
- As in deliver : verb relinquish possession
- As in detonate : verb set off bomb
- As in discharge : verb dismiss from responsibility
- As in disentangle : verb unwind, disconnect; solve
- As in dismiss : verb send away, remove; free
- As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
- As in disregard : verb ignore; make light of
- As in excuse : verb forgive, absolve; justify
- As in explode : verb blow up
- As in extricate : verb get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility
- As in fire : verb dismiss from responsibility
- As in forgive : verb stop blame and grant pardon
- As in frolic : verb have fun, make merry
- As in ignore : verb disregard on purpose
Synonyms for letting go
- abandon
- abate
- abdicate
- abolish
- absolve
- accept apology
- acquiesce
- acquit
- admit defeat
- affront
- alibi
- allay
- alleviate
- allow
- allow for
- amnesty
- amuse oneself
- apologize for
- appease
- avoid
- ax
- back down
- back out
- backfire
- bail one out
- bail out
- bandy
- bang
- banish
- bar
- barrage
- bask
- bawl
- be late for
- be lenient
- be life of party
- be merciful
- be oblivious to
- bear no malice
- bear with
- become unfastened
- bemoan
- bend
- bereave
- bewail
- blast
- blaze
- blink
- blink at
- blow
- blow off steam
- blow to kingdom come
- blow up
- blub
- blubber
- blunder
- bombard
- boohoo
- boot
- boot out
- botch
- bounce
- bow
- bow out
- break
- break down
- break out
- break up
- breathe easy
- brush aside
- brush away
- brush off
- buck
- buckle under
- bump
- bundle
- bundle off
- bunt
- burke
- burst
- burst into tears
- bury one's head in sand
- bury the hatchet
- bust
- butt
- buy
- bypass
- call it quits
- calm
- calm down
- can
- cancel
- cant
- caper
- capitulate
- carouse
- carry on
- cashier
- cast
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- catapult
- caterwaul
- cave in
- cavort
- cede
- change one's mind
- chase
- chicken out
- chill out
- choke up
- chuck
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- clown
- coast
- cold-shoulder
- collapse
- collect oneself
- come around
- come to terms
- commit
- commute
- complain
- comply
- compose oneself
- concede
- condemn
- condone
- consign
- contemn
- convulse
- cool
- cool it
- cool off
- cop out
- count out
- cover
- crack up
- crow
- crumple
- cry uncle
- cut
- cut capers
- cut loose
- cut out
- cut up
- dally
- dance
- dash
- decline
- decrease
- defend
- defer
- defog
- defrock
- delete
- delight
- deliver
- deliver up
- depart from
- deplore
- depone
- deport
- depose
- depreciate
- deprive
- deselect
- desert
- despise
- detach
- detest
- dethrone
- detonate
- detour
- deviate from
- die away
- difference
- differentiate
- diminish
- disband
- disburden
- discard
- discharge
- disconnect
- discontinue
- discount
- disculpate
- discumber
- disdain
- disembarrass
- disembroil
- disemploy
- disencumber
- disengage
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disfrock
- disinherit
- disinvolve
- disjoin
- dislodge
- dismiss
- dismiss from mind
- disobey
- disparage
- dispatch
- dispense
- dispense from
- dispense with
- disperse
- displace
- disport
- dispose of
- dispossess
- disqualify
- disregard
- dissolve
- dissolve in tears
- ditch
- divert
- divest
- divorce
- do without
- don't bother
- don't concern yourself
- drip
- drive
- drive out
- drop
- drop it
- drop out
- drop the ball
- duck
- dull
- dump
- dust
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up on
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- ebb
- edit
- efface
- eject
- eliminate
- emancipate
- enjoy
- entertain oneself
- entrust
- err
- erupt
- evade
- evict
- except
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exempt from
- exonerate
- expand
- expel
- explain
- explode
- expulse
- extenuate
- extract
- extricate
- fail
- fail to notice
- fall
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- feel at home
- fell
- find innocent
- finesse
- fire
- flake out
- flame up
- flare up
- flick
- fling
- fling off
- flip
- floor
- flub
- fly the coop
- fold
- fold up
- fool around
- forbear
- force
- force out
- forego
- forget
- forgive
- fracture
- free
- freeze out
- fret
- frisk
- frolic
- fulminate
- fumble
- furlough
- gambol
- get around
- get off the hook
- get out from under
- get out of hock
- give a break
- give absolution
- give bum's rush
- give in
- give marching orders
- give notice to
- give one notice
- give oneself over
- give pink slip
- give quarter
- give quarter to
- give some slack
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the 1-2-3
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave ho
- give the heave-ho
- give the sack
- give up
- give up the ship
- give walking papers
- give warning
- give way
- gloat
- go
- go along with
- go around
- go around the barn
- go berserk
- go down
- go easy on
- go on a spree
- go on a tear
- go under
- go with the flow
- grant
- grant a stay
- grant amnesty
- grieve
- grin and bear it
- groan
- hand over
- hand walking papers
- handle
- hang easy
- hang loose
- have
- have done with
- have mercy
- have no use for
- have nothing to do with
- have pity
- heave
- horse around
- howl
- hurl
- idle away
- ignore
- ignore it
- impeach
- impel
- indulge
- it doesn't matter
- it's all right
- jet
- joke
- juggle
- jump
- kablooey
- keen
- keep at arm's length
- keep one's distance
- kibitz
- kick out
- kick over the traces
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kid around
- kiss and make up
- kiss goodbye
- knock off
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- lament
- lap up
- lapidate
- lark
- laugh off
- launch
- lax
- lay back
- lay down
- lay down arms
- lay off
- laze
- leave
- leave behind
- leave out
- leave out of account
- leave undone
- leg it
- let
- let be
- let bygones be bygones
- let continue
- let fall between the cracks
- let fly
- let go
- let it all hang out
- let it all out
- let it go
- let it happen
- let it out
- let loose
- let off
- let off easy
- let off the hook
- let off this time
- let one go
- let one's hair down
- let oneself go
- let out
- let pass
- let slide
- let slip
- let stay
- let up
- let up on
- liberate
- lie down
- lift
- lighten up
- live it up
- live with
- lob
- lock out
- look the other way
- loose
- loosen
- loosen up
- lose
- luxuriate
- make allowance
- make allowances for
- make light of
- make merry
- make oneself at home
- make whoopee
- manumit
- mellow out
- melt
- mess around
- mewl
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- miss out
- mitigate
- moan
- moderate
- mourn
- muff
- mushroom
- neglect
- nix
- not care for
- nothing
- omit
- open
- opt out
- ostracize
- oust
- outflank
- outlaw
- overlook
- overpass
- overshoot
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pack it in
- pack off
- paint the town
- paint the town red
- palliate
- pardon
- part
- part with
- pass
- pass around
- pass by
- pass over
- pass up
- pay no attention
- pay no attention to
- pay no heed to
- pay no mind
- pay off
- peg
- pellet
- pelt
- pension
- pepper
- permit
- pink slip
- pink-slip
- pitch
- pity
- play
- play dead
- play past
- plead ignorance
- pooh-pooh
- postpone
- prance
- precipitate
- preclude
- pretermit
- pretext
- privilege from
- prohibit
- project
- pull out
- pull out of the fire
- purge
- push
- push aside
- push back
- push the button
- put
- put away
- put on the weeps
- put one's feet up
- put up white flag
- put up with
- quell
- quit
- raise hell
- rationalize
- rebuff
- recall
- recede
- recline
- reduce
- refrain from
- regret
- reject
- rejoice
- relax
- release
- relegate
- relent
- relieve
- relieve from
- relinquish
- relish
- remit
- remove
- renounce
- repel
- replace
- repose
- reprieve
- repudiate
- rescue
- resign
- resolve
- respite
- rest
- retire
- retire early
- revel
- rid
- ride out on rail
- ring the blues
- riot
- rob
- roister
- roll
- roll over
- roll with punches
- rollick
- romp
- run amok
- run around
- run out of town
- run out on
- run riot
- run wild
- rupture
- sack
- sag
- save bacon
- save from
- save neck
- save one's neck
- savor
- say uncle
- scant
- scatter
- scorn
- screw
- send
- send off
- send packing
- separate
- set free
- set off
- settle back
- sever
- shatter
- shed
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- shelve
- ship out
- shiver
- shoot off
- shove
- show mercy
- show off
- show out
- show someone the door
- show the door
- shower
- shrive
- shrug off
- shut eyes to
- shut out
- shy
- sidestep
- sigh
- simmer down
- simplify
- sit around
- sit back
- skip
- skirt
- slacken
- slight
- sling
- slip
- slip up
- slough off
- slow
- slur
- sniff
- snip
- snivel
- snub
- sob
- soften
- sorrow
- sort out
- spare
- splatter
- split
- sport
- spray
- spree
- spring
- sprinkle
- spurn
- squall
- stand for
- start
- step out
- stomach
- stone
- stop
- stop work
- storm out
- strew
- subdue
- submit
- subside
- succumb
- suffer
- suffer defeat
- sunder
- supersede
- supplant
- surrender
- suspend
- sweep away
- swim with the tide
- take
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a powder
- take a walk
- take back road
- take it easy
- take no notice
- take no notice of
- take one's time
- take rap for
- take ten
- take time out
- taper
- taper off
- terminate
- think no more of
- thrive
- throw in the towel
- throw out
- throw over
- thrust
- thunder
- tolerate
- topple
- toss
- toss it in
- touch off
- toy
- tranquilize
- transfer
- transport
- trifle
- trim
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- tune out
- turn a blind eye
- turn a deaf ear
- turn away
- turn back on
- turn blind eye
- turn blind eye to
- turn deaf ear
- turn on waterworks
- turn other cheek
- turn out
- turn over
- ululate
- unbar
- unbend
- unbolt
- unbraid
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- underestimate
- undershoot
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unfold
- unfrock
- unhitch
- unhook
- unhorse
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unlax
- unleash
- unload
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unravel
- unscramble
- unscrew
- unseat
- unsnap
- unsnarl
- unstick
- unstrap
- untangle
- untie
- untighten
- untwine
- untwist
- unwind
- upset
- va-voom
- vacate
- vilipend
- vindicate
- void
- volley
- waft
- wail
- waive
- walk out on
- wallow
- wane
- wash hands of
- wash out
- weaken
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- whitewash
- whoop it up
- wink
- wink at
- wipe off
- wipe slate clean
- withdraw
- withhold
- work free
- work loose
- work out
- wriggle out of
- X-out
- yammer
- yield
- yowl
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