soft Brexit

Etymology

soft +‎ Brexit

Proper noun

soft Brexit (uncountable)

1. (politics) The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union but not from the European single market
   • 2017, June 9, Steven Erlanger, Katrin Benhold & Stephen Castle, The British Election That Somehow Made Brexit Even Harder (in The New York Times)

     Without question now, Britain is not ready for the negotiations, having spent the past year largely avoiding a real debate on the topic, other than a vague argument over the merits of a “hard Brexit” (as a clean break from the European Union is known), versus a “soft Brexit,” which would require more compromise.