English Explanatory Dictionary

let-off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An escape from punishment.
  2. A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

Word forms

let-off let-offs

Etymology

Deverbal from let off.

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