Antonyms for letting the hook
| Grammar : Verb |
- accusation
- accuse
- aggravate
- bind
- blame
- burden
- censure
- charge
- clutter
- compel
- condemn
- confine
- convict
- damn
- denounce
- detain
- doom
- employ
- engage
- enslave
- fasten
- find guilty
- forward
- harm
- hire
- hit
- hold
- hurt
- impeach
- imprison
- incarcerate
- increase
- incriminate
- injure
- intensify
- keep
- limit
- magnify
- maintain
- obligate
- pile up
- punish
- restrain
- run into
- sentence
- suppress
- worsen
Definition of letting the hook
- As in absolve : verb free from responsibility, duty
- As in reprieve : verb relieve of blame, responsibility
- As in acquit : verb announce removal of blame
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in clear : verb liberate; free from uncertainty
- As in exempt : verb relieve, absolve
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
Synonyms for letting the hook
- abate
- absolve
- acquit
- allay
- alleviate
- amnesty
- bail
- bail out
- bleach
- blink at
- clarify
- clear
- cut loose
- defog
- deliver
- demobilize
- discharge
- disculpate
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- dismiss
- dispense
- emancipate
- enfranchise
- except
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- explain
- extricate
- find innocent
- forgive
- free
- go easy on
- grant a stay
- grant immunity
- launder
- let go
- let loose
- let off
- let off easy
- let off the hook
- let off this time
- let out
- let up on
- liberate
- lifeboat
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- mitigate
- palliate
- pardon
- parole
- pass by
- postpone
- privilege from
- put on the street
- ransom
- redeem
- release
- relieve
- remit
- reprieve
- rescue
- respite
- sanitize
- save
- set free
- spare
- spring
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbind
- uncage
- unchain
- undo
- unfetter
- unfix
- unleash
- untie
- vindicate
- whitewash
- wink at
- wipe it off
- wipe off
- wipe the slate
- wipe the slate clean
- write off
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