(cycling) A breakaway that is allowed to go from the peloton in a stage race because it poses no strategic threat to any of the main contenders in the general classification.

plural of soft launch

(databases) An operation in which a flag is used to mark data as unusable, without erasing the data itself from the database.

plural of soft copy

(economics) A currency not fully backed by specie. / (US, politics) Funds contributed to political parties for activities intended to influence state or local elections.

plural of soft atheist

An atheist who does not explicitly assert that deities do not exist.

(UK politics) The (hypothetical) withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union while generally remaining in European institutions (e.g. the European single market or customs union).

plural of soft chancre

plural of soft g