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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A decrease, decline, or relaxation, as of effort or energy.
  2. n. A disappointment: The cancellation of the game was a real letdown.
  3. n. The descent made by an aircraft in order to land.
  4. n. A physiological response in lactating females, activated usually in response to sucking or crying by an infant, in which milk previously secreted into the alveoli of the breasts is released into the ducts that lead to the nipple.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Disappointment, the sad state of not living up to expectations.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

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