let off

verb

To cause to explode or come out; to release.

“to let off a fart”

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detonatelet outset offtouch offexcusepardonleave offlet up
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Meanings

verblet off (third-person singular simple present lets off, present participle letting off, simple past and past participle let off)

present singular third person lets off · participle present letting off

  1. transitiveTo cause to explode or come out; to release.

    to let off a fart

    1 more example

    Stand back when you let off fireworks.

    Synonyms: detonate, let out, set off, touch off

  2. idiomatictransitiveTo forgive and not punish.

    The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars.

    Synonyms: excuse, pardon

  3. idiomaticintransitiveSynonym of leave off.

    Synonyms: leave off

  4. To ease off.

    You let off the throttle while you're shifting, then you resume once you've caught the next gear.

    Synonyms: let up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cause to explode or come out; to release.

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detonatelet outset offtouch off

verbTo forgive and not punish.

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excusepardon

verbSynonym of leave off.

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leave off

verbTo ease off.

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let up

More synonyms by meaning

verbgrant exemption or release to

Similar
excuserelieveexempt
Broader
absolvefree
Also see
break windexcuseexemptexplodefireleave offlet go by the runlet uprelieve

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto ĉesi
  • ĉesito leave off
German aufhören
  • aufhörento leave off
Māori kātirawhe, waiho atu
  • kātirawheto leave off
  • waiho atuto leave off
Polish powodować wybuch, spowodować wybuch
  • powodować wybuchto cause to explode or come out; to release.
  • spowodować wybuchto cause to explode or come out; to release.
  • puszczać wolnoto forgive and not punish
  • puścić wolnoto forgive and not punish
  • przestawaćto leave off
  • przestaćto leave off
  • cichnąćto leave off
  • ucichnąćto leave off
  • słabnąćto leave off
  • osłabnąćto leave off
  • ustępowaćto leave off
  • ustąpićto leave off
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APA

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“let off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20off.

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