Letup (Noun)
Meaning
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- There was a noticeable letup in the violence after the cease-fire was called.
- During the rainy days, there's always a letup in tourist traffic around here.
- I don't remember there ever being a letup in his campaigning before the election.
- She barely saw a letup in the pressure of exams until her last year in school.
- It's disheartening that there's never any letup in the beggars at this location.