letting

ADJECTIVE

lenient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant

WEAK

allowing amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hateful merciless

WEAK

hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

allowing authorizing granting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

NOUN

Synonyms

STRONGEST

okay

STRONG

acceptance acknowledgment acquiescence admission agreement allowance approbation approval assent authorization avowal canonization concession concurrence condonation consent dispensation empowerment endorsement freedom imprimatur indulgence leave liberty license permit privilege promise recognition sanctification sanction sufferance tolerance toleration verification warrant

WEAK

carte blanche condonance rubber stamp stamp of approval

Antonyms

STRONG

break denial difference disagreement disapproval dissent imprisonment incarceration limitation opposition prohibition protest refusal rejection repudiation restraint restriction veto

NOUN

permission

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance acknowledgment admission agreement approval concession dispensation endorsement license permit privilege recognition warrant

STRONG

acquiescence allowance approbation assent avowal canonization concurrence condonation empowerment freedom imprimatur indulgence leave liberty okay promise sanctification sanction sufferance tolerance toleration verification

WEAK

carte blanche condonance rubber stamp stamp of approval

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial disagreement disapproval opposition prohibition refusal rejection repudiation

STRONG

imprisonment incarceration limitation restraint restriction veto

Example Sentences

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Still, Heigl—who relocated to Utah full time in 2012—admitted to the Wall Street Journal that letting go of the home will not be easy.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

Morgan denied he was trying to "cut her down to size" by not letting her play, adding that she was recovering from an injury she sustained before he came to the club.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

Just like Orson Welles’s Charles Foster Kane, a Minion holds a snowglobe, letting it fall to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

Beach communities have long struggled with the balance between letting people enjoy the sand and preventing things from getting out of hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

They were halfway down the bike path before Jonah’s mind kicked into gear, letting him think again instead of just acting on reflex.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

letting

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