relenting

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present participle of relent
{i} abatement, act of becoming less severe; act of showing compassion
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Stay; stop; delay
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To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce

The solid block attracted moisture from the air and relented into a thick brown liquour.

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To lessen, make less severe or fast

But nothing might relent her hastie flight; / So deepe the deadly feare of that foule swaine / Was earst impressed in her gentle spright .

relent
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

I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other. (from The Remains of the Day‎ by Kazuo Ishiguro).

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to yield
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{v} to feel compassion, soften, melt, turn
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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
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To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce
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To soften; to dissolve
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To mollify; to cause to be less harsh or severe
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{f} show mercy, be compassionate; become less severe, abate
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If bad weather relents, it improves. If the weather relents, the game will be finished today. to change your attitude and become less strict or cruel towards someone = give in (lentare )
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give in, as to influence or pressure
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To slacken; to abate
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To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe
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If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry
sign of relenting
sign of giving in, sign of surrender
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