1) Abate 2) Ease off 3) Ease up 4) Letup 5) Surrender
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1) Acquiesce 2) Back down 3) Back off 4) Become mollified 5) Bend a little 6) Capitulate 7) Cave 8) Come round 9) Cry uncle 10) Display compassion 11) Ease off 12) Ease the pressure 13) Ease up 14) Engineers fast to give up 15) Engineers fast to slacken 16) Eventually bend 17) Give in 18) Lessen in storminess
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• (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. • (v. t.) To slacken; to abate. • (n.) Stay; stop; delay. • (v. i.) 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. • (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve. • (...
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[Verb] To allow something to happen that you would not let happen before.
Example: Her mum relented and let her go to the party.
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Re·lent' noun Stay; stop; delay. [ Obsolete] « Nor rested till she came without
relent Unto the land of Amazons.»
Spenser. Found on
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Re·lent' transitive verb 1. To slacken; to abate. [ Obsolete] « And oftentimes he would
relent his pace.»
Spenser. 2. To soften; to dissolve. [ Obsolete]
3. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [ Obsolete]
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Re·lent' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Relented ; present participle & verbal noun Relenting .] [ French ralentir , from Latin prefix re- re- + ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See
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[SAT terms] give in, as to influence or pressure
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