Letting up on

Synonyms for letting up on
verb free from responsibility, duty

acquit
vindicate
pardon
relieve
forgive
exempt
exonerate
exculpate
whitewash

spring
clear
loose
free
excuse
launder
spare
sanitize
bleach

release
discharge
liberate
let off
write off
blink at
go easy on
let off easy
let off the hook

let up on
lifeboat
set free
wink at
wipe it off
wipe the slate clean

Antonyms for letting up on

blame
censure
condemn
convict
damn
sentence

accuse
punish
restrain
limit
impeach
incriminate

obligate
charge
hold
keep
bind

Synonyms
verb alleviate, help

mitigate
moderate
relax
speed
relieve
lessen
soften
soothe
simplify
lift
calm
abate
ameliorate
further

allay
promote
facilitate
expedite
improve
appease
palliate
cure
still
doctor
assuage
comfort
relent
forward

mollify
nurse
meliorate
lighten
assist
free
pacify
tranquilize
slacken
smooth
quiet
disengage
cheer
disburden

release
aid
untighten
anesthetize
attend to
clear the way
let up on
make easier
open the door
run interference for
speed up

Antonyms

incite
increase
intensify
worsen
excite
worry
delay
slow
harm
injure
condemn
enlarge
demote
weaken

block
cease
hinder
annoy
exasperate
impede
burden
bring down
perplex
vex
irritate
agitate
halt
hurt

trouble
upset
extend
check
stop
aggravate
provoke
depress
hold
keep
maintain
make difficult

Synonyms
verb stop blame and grant pardon

excuse
condone
forget
absolve
efface
purge
acquit
amnesty
palliate
spring
clear

overlook
remit
pocket
relent
commute
respite
exempt
release
exculpate
reprieve
extenuate

exonerate
bear with
bury the hatchet
let off
accept apology
allow for
bear no malice
dismiss from mind
kiss and make up
laugh off
let bygones be bygones

let it go
let off easy
let pass
let up on
make allowance
think no more of
turn other cheek
wink at
wipe slate clean

Antonyms

condemn
blame
sentence
accuse

increase
censure
punish
hold

keep
maintain
charge

Synonyms
verb let go, let out

leak
clear
drop
deliver
free
discharge
surrender
issue
vent
loosen
spring
unloose
extricate

commute
unfasten
acquit
untie
exempt
exculpate
dispense
loose
undo
excuse
emancipate
exonerate
unbind

absolve
yield
disengage
unleash
manumit
liberate
bail out
give off
let off
turn out
unchain
cast loose
give out

go easy on
let off steam
let up on
open up
set at large
set free
set loose
take out
turn loose
unfetter
unshackle
wipe slate clean

Antonyms

limit
restrain
confine
detain
imprison
suppress
fasten
blame

condemn
convict
sentence
incarcerate
incriminate
prevent
hold
keep

retain
charge
bind
collect
gather
maintain

Synonyms
verb relieve of blame, responsibility

mitigate
palliate
pardon
alleviate
forgive

remit
absolve
excuse
respite
abate

amnesty
postpone
allay
let off
grant a stay

let go
let off the hook
let off this time
let up on

Antonyms

increase
intensify
worsen
accuse
blame

condemn
punish
aggravate
magnify
charge

hold
forward
accusation

Synonyms
verb ease

abate
aid
allay
ameliorate
appease
assist
assuage
calm
comfort
disburden
disengage
expedite
facilitate
further

improve
lessen
let up
loosen
mitigate
mollify
pacify
palliate
quiet
release
relent
simplify
slacken
soften

soothe
speed
still
tranquilize
anesthetize
attend to
cheer
clear the way
cure
doctor
forward
free
let up on
lift

lighten
loose
make easier
meliorate
moderate
nurse
open the door
promote
relax
relieve
run interference for
slack
smooth
speed up

Usage Notes

Let us is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Let us consider all the facts before deciding. The contracted form let’s occurs mostly in informal speech and writing: Let’s go. Let’s not think about that right now. Perhaps because let’s has come to be felt as a word in its own right rather than as the contraction of let us, it is often followed in informal speech and writing by redundant or appositional pronouns: Let’s us plan a picnic. Let’s you and I (or me) get together tomorrow. Both Let’s you and me and Let’s you and I occur in the relaxed speech of educated speakers. The former conforms to the traditional rules of grammar; the latter, nonetheless, occurs more frequently. See also leave1.