Possible Clues:

• Abatement of the lease?
• Short member needs sheep to relax
• Slackening of uphill express train in Chicago
• Pause (in tiring task)
• Pause (during something intense)
• Pause in dangerous activity
• Reduction in previous tension, happy to follow premier of long film
• Relent, lease having expired
• Respite from rent increase?
• Be a slacker