- LETUP
- Ease off
- Slacken
- Ease
- Abatement
- Pause
- Die down
- Diminish
- Abate
- Relax
- Back off
- Relaxed
- Diminish, as rainfall
- Slowdown
- Relax; back off
- Surcease
- Work less hard
- Ease off, as rain
- Rain more gently
- Relent
- Subside
- Gradual reduction
- Subside to a drizzle
- Slow down, as rainfall
- Abate, as rain
- Slacken off
- Lull
- Slacken off, as rainfall
- Begin to subside
- Relief
- Cease.
- Respite.
- Abatement: Colloq.
- Cessation.
- Pause: Colloq.
- Relaxation.
- A slackening.
- Breather.
- Slackening: Colloq.
- Stop.
- Diminution.
- Lessening of effort.
- Halt.
- Slackening
- Baseball pitch
- Eased
- Slackening; abatement
- Release, as in wrestling
- Wane
- Go easier
- Abate into a drizzle
- Abate, as rainfall
- Stop pushing
- Stop pushing so hard
- Subside, as rainfall
- Run slower
- Back off a bit
- Reduce tension
- Lessen in intensity
- Mitigation
- Moderate
- Break
- Slacken off or allow to surface
- Stop running so hard
- Get less intense
- Subside, like rain
- Become less intense
- Become less severe
- Lessen, like rain
- Decline
- Take a break, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
- Tail off
