relented
past simple and past participle ofrelent
relent
verb[I]
uk/rɪˈlent/us/rɪˈlent/toactin a lesssevereway towards someone andallowsomething that you hadrefusedtoallowbefore:
Herparentseventuallyrelented andlether go to theparty.
Thesecurityguardrelented andletthem through.
Synonyms
soften
yield
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- accede tosomething
- acceptance
- acquiescence
- be resigned tosomethingidiom
- bend tosomething
- bow
- bow down tosomeone
- cave in
- concede
- crack
- like it or lump itidiom
- resignyourselftosomething
- resignation
- resigned
- resignedly
- resort tosomething
- settle forsomething
- shoulder
- tolerate
- tradesomethingoff
Examplesofrelented
relented
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Itrelentedafter a series of disputes with the owners.
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Later—under pressure from me—itrelented, although legal action was still a possibility.
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Even if they have repented orrelentedof it subsequently, such has been the damage to them that their position is irrecoverable.
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He gradually came under pressure, and he has nowrelenteda little in these charges.
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Then theyrelentedand sold about 4,000 council houses in a few years.
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Too late he changed that policy,relentedand allowed it to rise.
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Too late herelentedon that, but not sufficiently.
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The result was that two appeals were necessary before the immigration departmentrelentedand allowed the fine to be repaid.
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It laterrelentedon this point, after pressure.
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Theyrelentedand accepted that the maximum in the case of parents should be £50.
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However, later in the same debate herelented.
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He hasrelentedsomewhat in regard to the size, and so on, of the houses to be built.
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Pauls would have been wiped out had not the citizens protested and the plannersrelented.
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The authority has nowrelented.
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By his second year (possibly due to an arm injury in a basketball game the previous year), sherelented, and he made an immediate impact.
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