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Synonyms for relented
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-lent |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlɛnt |
Top 10 synonyms for relented Other synonyms for the word relented
- be merciful
- change one's mind
- cool it
- cry uncle
- die away
- drop
- ease
- ease up on
- ebb
- fall
- fold
- forbear
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- have mercy
- have pity
- lay back
- let it happen
- lighten up
- mellow out
- melt
- moderate
- relax
- say uncle
- show mercy
- slacken
- slow
- soften
- subside
- wane
- weaken
- yield
Définition of relented
Origin :- late 14c., "to melt, soften, dissolve," from re- + Latin lentus "slow, viscous, supple" (see lithe), perhaps on model of Old French rallentir. Sense of "become less harsh or cruel" first recorded 1520s. The notion probably is of a hard heart melting with pity. Related: Relented; relenting.
- verb die down; let up
- Fate recognised that there would come a breaking-point, and relented in time.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- He had relented, he had allowed his wife to save him; but he was angry in secret.
- Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
- That meant that his mother had relented, and was anxious to have him home again.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- But just before reaching the end of the path she relented, stopped, and went back to him.
- Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
- But Madhusudan relented and let me off with just a taste of his pride-reducing power.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Mr. Balfour, at any rate, relented from his policy of more oppression.
- Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
- Here Master Joseph relented—because he now felt certain of his game.
- Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
- Mrs. Walton was the only one in whose favor he relented a little.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- In a way they had relented towards her, but their shame of her remained.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The Leprechaun's fright was so genuine now that the Phoenix relented and let him go.
- Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd
Antonyms for relented
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