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- verb intransitive To
release from one'sgrasp ; to go from a state ofholding on to a state of no longer holding on. - verb euphemistic To
dismiss from employment. - verb euphemistic, usually reflexively To
gain weight - verb Used other than as an idiom: see
let ,go .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb release, as from one's grip
- verb be relaxed
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synonyms (218)
Words with the same meaning
- abandon
- abjure
- absolve
- acquit
- amnesty
- be caught napping
- be neglectful
- be negligent
- boot
- bounce
- break
- break up
- bump
- bust
- can
- carouse
- cashier
- cast loose
- celebrate
- clear
- come off
- cut
- cut loose
- cut out
- deactivate
- debauch
- debrief
- decontaminate
- default
- defrock
- degrade
- demob
- demobilize
- demote
- deplume
- depose
- deprive
- desist
- destigmatize
- detach
- diffuse
- disband
- disbar
- discharge
- discontinue
- disemploy
- disintegrate
- disjoin
- dismiss
- disorganize
- dispense from
- dispense with
- disperse
- displace
- displume
- disregard
- dissolve
- disuse
- drop
- drum out
- ease
- ease off
- except
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exempt from
- exonerate
- expel
- fail
- fire
- forgive
- free
- furlough
- give absolution
- give dispensation from
- give over
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give up
- give way to
- gloss over
- go all out
- go bail for
- go flat out
- go separate ways
- go unrestrained
- goldbrick
- goof off
- grant amnesty to
- grant bail to
- grant immunity
- grant remission
- have done with
- hell around
- ignore
- jollify
- jolly
- jump
- justify
- kick
- kick upstairs
- lapse
- lark
- lay off
- leave
- leave go
- leave loose ends
- leave off
- leave undone
- leggo
- let alone
- let be
- let dangle
- let go
- let go free
- let loose
- let loose of
- let off
- let off steam
- let out
- let pass
- let ride
- let slide
- let slip
- let up
- loose
- loosen
- lose sight of
- lose track of
- make merry
- make redundant
- make whoopee
- malinger
- miss
- muster out
- neglect
- nod
- nol-pros
- nonpros
- not care for
- not get involved
- not heed
- not pursue with
- not think
- omit
- open up
- overlook
- pardon
- parole
- part
- part company
- pass over
- pass up
- pension off
- pretermit
- procrastinate
- purge
- put behind one
- put on parole
- quash the charge
- quit
- raise hell
- read out of
- relax
- release
- relinquish
- remise
- remit
- remove
- renounce
- replace
- resign
- retire
- revel
- roister
- run wild
- sack
- save the necessity
- scatter
- see life
- separate
- separate forcibly
- set free
- shirk
- shrive
- skip
- skylark
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- sleep
- spare
- split up
- spree
- step out
- stop
- strip
- superannuate
- surplus
- suspend
- take for granted
- trifle
- turn off
- turn out
- unclasp
- unclutch
- unfrock
- unglue
- unhand
- unleash
- unstick
- vindicate
- waive
- wanton
- whitewash
- whoop it up
- withdraw the charge
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