"letup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: letups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from let up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|let up}} Deverbal from let up Head templates: {{en-noun}} letup (plural letups)
  1. A pause or period of slackening. Synonyms: let-up Translations (a pause or period of slackening): отслабване (otslabvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), облекчение (oblekčenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Nachlassen [neuter] (German), lankadás (Hungarian), enyhülés (Hungarian), megállás (Hungarian), szünet (Hungarian), 休み (yasumi) (Japanese), 減少 (genshou) (Japanese), 減速 (gensoku) (Japanese), ослабле́ние (oslablénije) [neuter] (Russian)

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