About The Word Let-off

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Let-off

Let-off Meaning & Definition
Let-off Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Let-off?

[v] grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Let-off: excuse | exempt | relieve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Let-off: absolve | acquit | amnesty | backfire | blast | blow out | blow up | burst | bust | cast loose | charge | charter | chartered | clear | cock | decontaminate | demobilize | destigmatize | detonate | discharge | dismiss | dispense | dispense from | dispense with | drop | eject | except | excepted | exculpate | excuse | excused | exempt | exempt from | exempted | exonerate | explode | farm | farm out | favored | fell | fire | fire off | forgive | free | fulminate | give absolution | give dispensation from | go bail for | go off | grant amnesty to | grant bail to | grant immunity | grant remission | gun | gun for | hire | hire out | hit | immune | irresponsible | job | justify | lease | lease out | lease-back | lease-lend | lend-lease | let | let fly | let go | let go free | let loose | let out | licensed | load | nonpros | pardon | parole | pelt | pepper | permitted | pick off | pistol | plug | pot | potshoot | potshot | prime | privileged | purge | put on parole | quash the charge | release | released | relieve | remise | remit | rent | rent out | riddle | save the necessity | set free | set off | shoot | shoot at | shoot down | shrive | snipe | spare | spared | strike | sublease | sublet | take a potshot | torpedo | touch off | unaccountable | unanswerable | underlet | unhand | unliable | unsubject | vindicate | whitewash | withdraw the charge

See Also | absolve | frank | free | justify

Let-off In Webster's Dictionary

\Let"-off`\ (l[e^]t"[o^]f`; 115), n. (Mach.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

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