Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To become more lenient, compassionate, or forgiving. synonym: yield.
- intransitive verb To become less severe or intense; slacken.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To slacken; stay.
- To soften in substance; lose compactness; become less rigid or hard.
- To deliquesce; dissolve; melt; fade away.
- To become less severe or intense; relax.
- To become less harsh, cruel, or obdurate; soften in temper; become more mild and tender; give way; yield; comply; feel compassion.
- To slacken; remit; stay; a bate.
- To soften; mollify; dissolve.
- noun Remission; stay.
- noun Relenting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
- intransitive verb To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
- transitive verb obsolete To slacken; to abate.
- transitive verb obsolete To soften; to dissolve.
- transitive verb obsolete To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
- noun obsolete Stay; stop; delay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Stay ;stop ;delay . - verb To become less
severe orintense ; to become less hard,harsh , orcruel ; tosoften intemper ; to become moremild andtender ; to feelcompassion . - verb To
slacken ; toabate . - verb obsolete, transitive To
lessen , make less severe or fast. - verb dated To become less
rigid orhard ; tosoften ; toyield ; todissolve ; tomelt ; todeliquesce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give in, as to influence or pressure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I couldn't ask for a more peaceful relent from the town.
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I couldn't ask for a more peaceful relent from the town.
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The only thing you are correct on, and I relent is that there is a state homeland security that is louisiana.
Think Progress » Quick Rita response raises new questions 2005
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But he would not relent and would not go away, and in the end they just shut him down.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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But he would not relent and would not go away, and in the end they just shut him down.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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But he would not relent and would not go away, and in the end they just shut him down.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If it were to fetch an enterprise value of £ 3 billion — the price at which analysts believe Smiths would relent — that would equate to 13 times forecasted fiscal 2011 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.
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She did not relent in her work on behalf of the oppressed even though she was aware she was under Nazi surveillance.
Eric Simpson: Those Who Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness Will Be Filled Eric Simpson 2011
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She did not relent in her work on behalf of the oppressed even though she was aware she was under Nazi surveillance.
Eric Simpson: Those Who Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness Will Be Filled Eric Simpson 2011
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Earlier, President Barack Obama threatened to veto the Pentagon bill that included the military-detention provision, only to relent on Wednesday, despite continued objections from Mr. Mueller and Justice officials over parts of the bill.
Holder Skirts Fight Over Terror Bill Evan Perez 2011
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