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Becoming less severe
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relenting
Word definitions for relenting in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relent \Re*lent"\ (r?-l?nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Relenting .] [F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe .] To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of one who relents. vb. (present participle of relent English)
Usage examples of relenting.
He guarded Cassandra like a mother, keeping everyone but Oric away from her, relenting only when his wife cried for Jancis.
Atretes said, relenting now that he had the information for which he had come.
And I see strange faces in my sleep and in my waking, all mocking at me, and they torture and aunt met and when I look at those faces I see no human relenting, no!
They rested not on the face of the editor nor on the pitying brows of his relenting judges.