RELENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does relent mean? • RELENT (verb)
The verb RELENT has 1 sense:
1. give in, as to influence or pressure
Familiarity information: RELENT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RELENT (verb)
Meaning:
Give in, as to influence or pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
relent; soften; yield
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relent"):
truckle (yield to out of weakness)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue relent
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