verb [V]
1 to finally agree to sth after refusing:
'Well, just for a little while then,' she said, finally relenting.
2 to become less determined, strong, etc:
After two days the rain relented slightly and we were able to leave the hotel. * The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for relent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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