relent

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Stay; stop; delay
To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce

The solid block attracted moisture from the air and relented into a thick brown liquour.

To lessen, make less severe or fast

But nothing might relent her hastie flight; / So deepe the deadly feare of that foule swaine / Was earst impressed in her gentle spright .

To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion

I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other. (from The Remains of the Day‎ by Kazuo Ishiguro).

To slacken; to abate

He will not relent in his effort to reclaim his victory.

to yield
{v} to feel compassion, soften, melt, turn
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 become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce
To soften; to dissolve
To mollify; to cause to be less harsh or severe
{f} show mercy, be compassionate; become less severe, abate
If bad weather relents, it improves. If the weather relents, the game will be finished today. to change your attitude and become less strict or cruel towards someone = give in (lentare )
give in, as to influence or pressure
To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe
If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry
relentless
Unrelenting or unyielding in severity
relentless
{a} unmerciful, unpitying, cruel
relented
past of relent
relenting
present participle of relent
relenting
{i} abatement, act of becoming less severe; act of showing compassion
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never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
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Someone who is relentless is determined to do something and refuses to give up, even if what they are doing is unpleasant or cruel. Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable + relentlessly re·lent·less·ly She always questioned me relentlessly
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{s} severe, harsh, unrelenting; inexorable; never-ceasing; that does not relent; unyielding
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Something bad that is relentless never stops or never becomes less intense. The pressure now was relentless. + relentlessly re·lent·less·ly The sun is beating down relentlessly
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Unremitting, steady and persistent
relentless
Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
relentlessly
in a relentless manner; "he worked relentlessly"
relentlessly
in a relentless manner; "he worked relentlessly
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In a relentless manner
relentlessly
harshly, severely, unyieldingly
relentlessness
The property of being relentless
relentlessness
mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit
relentlessness
{i} harshness, severity; rigidness, strictness
relents
third-person singular of relent
relents
plural of , relent
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