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relent

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1. relent - Noun

2. relent - Adjective

3. relent - Verb

Meaning

To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.

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.

To slacken; to abate.

To soften; to dissolve.

To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Hard-hearted minds relent and rigor's tears abound, And envy strangely rues his end, in whom no fault was found. Knowledge her light hath lost, valor hath slain her knight, Sidney is dead, dead is my friend, dead is the world's delight. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

We will never forget and we will not relent until our job is done. Doc Hastings

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat. Mike Pence

Hard-hearted minds relent and rigor's tears abound, And envy strangely rues his end, in whom no fault was found. Knowledge her light hath lost, valor hath slain her knight, Sidney is dead, dead is my friend, dead is the world's delight. Philip Sidney

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes. George W. Bush

Abbot Kuno did not relent until Hildegard was stricken by an illness that kept her paralyzed and unable to move from her bed, an event that she attributed to God's unhappiness at her not following his orders to move her nuns to Rupertsberg. Source: Internet

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