Possible Clues:

• Stop
• How the tel might slacken
• Relent, relax
• You might tel this is less
• Relaxation of effort, reduction in intensity
• Rent out the attic and relax
• Pause in intensity
• Stop pushing
• Diminish when you accede to the rise?
• 'Never - -! Never go to sleep!' (Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise)