'letup' definitions:
Definition of 'letup'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise" [syn: letup, lull]
Synonyms of 'letup'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- abeyance,
- abridgment,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- attenuation,
- blunting,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- caesura,
- calming,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- check,
- cigarette break,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- contraction,
- dampening,
- damping,
- day off,
- deadening,
- deceleration,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- deduction,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- detention,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- downtime,
- drag,
- drop,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- enforced respite,
- extenuation,
- fade-out,
- falling-off,
- fissure,
- flagging,
- gap,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- hushing,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lacuna,
- lag,
- languishment,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lowering,
- lull,
- lulling,
- miniaturization,
- minus acceleration,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- quiet spell,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- recess,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relief,
- remission,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- sagging,
- scaling down,
- setback,
- simplicity,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- subduement,
- subtraction,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- tempering,
- time off,
- time out,
- tranquilization,
- truce,
- vacation,
- weakening