"let off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-let off.ogg [Australia] Forms: lets off [present, singular, third-person], letting off [participle, present], let off [participle, past], let off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,let>}} let off (third-person singular simple present lets off, present participle letting off, simple past and past participle let off)
  1. (transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release. Tags: transitive Synonyms: detonate, let out, set off, touch off Translations (to cause to explode or come out; to release.): powodować wybuch [imperfective] (Polish), spowodować wybuch [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-9cssX~gS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 60 11 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 16 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 15 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 69 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 74 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 13 26 Disambiguation of 'to cause to explode or come out; to release.': 97 1 2
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: excuse, pardon Translations (to forgive and not punish): puszczać wolno [imperfective] (Polish), puścić wolno [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-v~lvkWa1 Disambiguation of 'to forgive and not punish': 2 96 2
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: leave off [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: let-off [noun] Translations (to leave off): ĉesi (Esperanto), aufhören (German), kātirawhe (Māori), waiho atu (Māori), āteorian (Old English), przestawać [imperfective] (Polish), przestać [perfective] (Polish), cichnąć [imperfective] (Polish), ucichnąć [perfective] (Polish), słabnąć [imperfective] (Polish), osłabnąć [perfective] (Polish), ustępować [imperfective] (Polish), ustąpić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-3iQWjLGx Disambiguation of 'to leave off': 3 1 96

Inflected forms

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