Meaning & use
relenting
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Becoming less severe or harsh; agreeing to something after previously refusing.
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After hours of pleading, her father finally started relenting.
The storm showed no sign of relenting by nightfall.
A note on using this word
Often used of both people, whose resolve softens, and of forces like weather, which fail to ease up.
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