Synonyms for let-off
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : let |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛt |
Top 10 synonyms for let-off
Définition of let-off
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 release : noun delivery; dispensation
- "That's a let-off anyhow," said Betty to herself, and she propped up a Stevenson against the tea-pot.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Of the value of the accomplishment of reading, as a let-off to parents and guardians, it would be impossible to speak too highly.
- Extract from : « Wings and the Child » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
- They were now gathering their pence and having a let-off for their long pent-up gossip.
- Extract from : « Ask Momma » by R. S. Surtees
- I was once trying a new pattern revolver, and made a very bad shot, although I knew I had let-off well.
- Extract from : « The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It » by Walter Winans
Antonyms for let-off
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