Meaning

2 senses

  1. A stay; a stop; a delay.

  2. (obsolete)A relenting.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom wouldn't relent.

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  2. Tom finally relented.

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  3. Tom would not relent.

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  4. At last they relented.

    deSchließlich haben sie nachgegeben. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. The heat has relented.

    deDie Hitze hat nachgelassen. — Esperantostern

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English relenten, from Anglo-Norman relentir, from Latin re- + lentare (“to be

From Middle English relenten, from Anglo-Norman relentir, from Latin re- + lentare (“to bend”), from lentus (“soft, pliant, slow”). Earliest recording dates to 1526. The noun is from the verb.

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Forms

plural: relents
Singularrelent
Pluralrelents

regular

Word family

7 related words
Derivedrelenterrelentfulrelentinglyrelentlessrelentmentunrelentedunrelenting

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
releaseA2relegateC2relentlessrelentlesslyrelevancerelevantB2
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