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verb

Relent v. t.

To slacken; to abate. (Obs.) "And oftentimes he would relent his pace."

To soften; to dissolve. (Obs.)

To mollify; to cause to be less harsh or severe. (Obs.)

Relent v. i. (past & past part. relented; pres. part. relenting)

To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. (Obs.) "He stirred the coals till relente gan The wax again the fire." "(Salt of tartar) placed in a cellar will... begin to relent." "When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray."

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. "Can you... behold My sighs and tears, and will not once relent?"

noun

Relent n. Stay; stop; delay. (Obs.) "Nor rested till she came without relent Unto the land of Amazons."

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"Relent" Quotes from Famous Books

... but they were as clean as a new pin. Edie began to relent, and thought, perhaps in spite of the landlady, they might somehow manage to put up with ...

— Philistia • Grant Allen

... hush your apprehensions and unreasonable fears. At the first opportunity we marry. Your father will at last relent, and even if he should prove deaf to the appeal of nature, the love and gratitude of Gomez Arias will ...

— Gomez Arias - The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. • Joaquin Telesforo de Trueba y Cosio

... to relent from his unjust anger, but she did not protest, and when he chose once more to be gracious unto his handmaiden he would be met only with faithful affection and with no reproaches. From the abstract standpoint, nothing could be farther astray than the fulness and ...

— The Philistines • Arlo Bates

... visited. That was a shaft which had been the "discovery hole," where the first find of ore had been made. And it was this they entered on the day when Fate seemed most particularly unkind. Yet even Fate appeared to relent, in the end, through one of those trifling afterthoughts which lead men to do the insignificant act. They had prepared everything for the venture. They had an extra supply of candles, chalk for making a course mark, sample bags for such pieces of ore as might interest them, ...

— The Plunderer • Roy Norton

... For there are extremely few English people there now. The famous picture-galleries are still powerless to attract the American art pilgrim, though that is due more to the difficulty of obtaining permission to reside than to lack of interest in the collections. Possibly next year the police may relent. The food shortage is not so menacing. Moreover, the village of Ober-Ammergau proposes once more to have its religious fete and stage the "Life of Christ." "Whether we can have the play depends almost entirely on the Americans," say the villagers. "The money of visitors ...

— Europe--Whither Bound? - Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 • Stephen Graham

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