Relent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To become more lenient, compassionate, or forgiving. See Synonyms at yield.
  • v. Obsolete To cause to slacken or abate.
  • v. Obsolete To cause to soften in attitude or temper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Stay; stop; delay.
  • v. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
  • v. To slacken; to abate.
  • v. To lessen, make less severe or fast.
  • v. To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • v. To slacken; to abate.
  • v. To soften; to dissolve.
  • v. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
  • n. Stay; stop; delay.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. Remission; stay.
  • n. Relenting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give in, as to influence or pressure
  • Verb Form
    relented    relentes    relenting    relents   
    Hyponym
    truckle   
    Form
    relented    relenting    relentless   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    yield    dissolve    melt    deliquesce    slacken    abate    soften    mollify    stay    stop   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    ascent