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noun

as in allowing

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letting

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verb

present participle of let
1
as in permitting
to give permission to my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas

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2
as in renting
chiefly British to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money

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3
as in enabling
to make able or possible the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps

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4
as in tolerating
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference they let their kids get away with murder

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Recent Examples of letting
Noun
The disappointment of a tournament defeat always turns to anger and, very quickly, the need for blood-letting. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Good health relied on keeping them in balance, by blood-letting for example. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026 Social media is one of the key drivers and reinforcers of anti-Semitic extremism; tweets like Abd el-Fattah’s are not just harmless letting-off of steam. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
Never using a squeegee and letting the water air dry all the time. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026 The latter—which perhaps pulls inspiration from the early addiction recovery phrase used to describe the honeymoon period of sobriety—details taking ownership of letting a romantic partner down. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 But that doesn’t mean Bugatti has any intention of letting the original Veyron models gather dust in the annals of history. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026 Sam Levy’s editing likewise darts associatively between these moods, seemingly letting sense memory shape the chronology of proceedings. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Its double-shot PBT keycaps withstand intense matches while letting vibrant Lightsync RGB shine through. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 Remove half of meat from marinade, letting excess drip back into bag; season lightly with kosher salt and sear in a single layer, undisturbed, until lightly browned underneath, about 1 minute. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 In response to that case, a biotech CEO recently warned in these pages that letting courts and politicians second-guess the FDA’s scientific judgment endangers the whole drug pipeline. — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026 Ben Affleck’s three children are not letting him off the hook for his past dating decisions. — Staff Author, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting
  1. allowing
  2. permitting
  3. renting
  4. enabling
  5. tolerating
  6. granting
  7. leasing
  8. ignoring
Noun
  • The Stresa shoe was a key model in the collection, drawing on the aesthetic of modern unlined loafers, with a sleek silhouette thanks to the ultra-flexible sole allowing for natural movement.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 21 June 2026
Definition of allowing
Verb
  • Supply constraints, regulations, the immigration crackdown, permitting issues and many other practical realities have prevented all those goods and labor supplies from coming into balance with the extreme demand.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Taaffe was victimized in coverage, permitting three completions on three targets for 49 yards and a touchdown.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of permitting
Verb
  • However, after Urbagestion acquired the property and took over its management, Abascal began renting from the private landlord in 2018, according to El País.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The visual saw the streamer and Drake take a hilarious trip to Hot Topic for a shopping date and continued to have fun while renting out Medieval Times.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of renting
Verb
  • By enabling data integration via MCP using proprietary systems and insisting that all third parties be MCP-enabled, healthcare organizations can unlock the value of LLMs for a cross-functional set of employees.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers introduced chlorine to extend this process, enabling sulfur to exchange a third electron.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of enabling
Verb
  • The next era of leadership is not about tolerating relentless pressure.
    — J.K. Dickinson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • His warning was meant for American eyes and ears at least as much — if not more so — than for the government in Jerusalem that until now has encouraged the hoodlums by tolerating their violence.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of tolerating
Noun
  • To that, the AG’s office were silent Thursday on the granting of Block the Merger’s eleventh-hour motion.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Other presidential powers include the negotiation of treaties and the granting of pardons.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of granting
Verb
  • The Democratic Obama and Biden administrations banned leasing on roughly half the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which is home to wildlife such as caribou and polar bears and provides habitat for millions of migrating birds.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The shift has sent the cost of leasing a tanker soaring to record highs, with daily rates growing around tenfold in the last year to more than $1 million.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of leasing
Verb
  • Instead of ignoring the noise and letting the backlash blow over, Espinal showed up to the set and posted a video explaining to New Yorkers why, in the long term, productions like this are a boon to the city and its inhabitants.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Also, one of the biggest risks in using generic off-the-shelf AI for abstracting real estate documents is that the AI model can produce and fill in a plausible value, ignoring what the source supports.
    — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ignoring

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“Letting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letting. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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