letting go
Loosening your hold
Letting go is releasing a grip, physically or figuratively.
You let go of a rope, a grudge, or an expectation.
The phrase often implies accepting what you cannot control: Sometimes you just have to let go.
Parents let go when children become independent.
To let go of an employee is to fire them, softened by euphemism: The company let go of three hundred workers.
Freedom from disturbance
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- moving onProceeding past something
coming to terms · making peace · understanding · embrace · contentment · resolution · acknowledgment · serenity
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- grief workProcessing a major loss
- processingSystematic operation on data
- closureSense of emotional resolution
resilience · growth · transformation · renewal · self-care · moving forward · overcoming · restoration
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulateYield under pressure
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- submitPresent for consideration
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
succumb · give up · give in · white flag · throw in towel · admit defeat · resignation · forfeit
Remove a weight from
- detachTo separate from
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- shedCast off naturally
- dropFall or release
free · loosen · unhook · unclasp · disengage · disentangle · extricate · discharge
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- unboundNot tied down
autonomy · independence · breaking free · unburdened · lightness · relief · weightlessness · soaring
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
moving on · coming to terms · making peace · understanding · embrace · contentment · resolution · acknowledgment · serenity · equanimity
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- grief workProcessing a major loss
- processingSystematic operation on data
closure · resilience · growth · transformation · renewal · self-care · moving forward · overcoming · restoration · mending
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulateYield under pressure
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- submitPresent for consideration
concede · succumb · give up · give in · white flag · throw in towel · admit defeat · resignation · forfeit · abandon
unburden
Remove a weight from
- detachTo separate from
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- shedCast off naturally
drop · free · loosen · unhook · unclasp · disengage · disentangle · extricate · discharge · expel
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
unbound · autonomy · independence · breaking free · unburdened · lightness · relief · weightlessness · soaring · released
- figurative actionsburning bridges, biting tongue, burying hatchet, cutting ties, jumping ship
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- bittersweet momentsfarewell, saying goodbye, final goodbye, empty nest, leaving home
- emotional responsesfacial expression, tone of voice, temper tantrum, mood swing, silent treatment
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- coping skillscoping skills, coping strategies, coping mechanisms, emotional regulation, self-control
letting goholding on
Maintaining one's grip
clinging · attachment · obsessing · ruminating · fixating
letting gokeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · hoarding · clinging to · stockpiling · accumulating
let, going, let go, outgoing, letting, forgoing, outgo, let loose