Related Clues:

• Playing lute softly to relieve tension
• Drop off slowly
• Abatement in partner of la ewe?
• The French put back cessation
• Allow to get out of bed in a remission
• A pet appearing to grow less
• (Flood) recede
• Relent, relax
• End of crisis - allowed out of bed?
• 'Never - -! Never go to sleep!' (Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise)
• Slackening of uphill express train in Chicago
• Pause (in tiring task)
• Pause (during something intense)
• Relaxation permitted at university
• Become less in intensity