Definitions for relent

relent re·lent

Spelling: [ri-lent]
IPA: /rɪˈlɛnt/

Relent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in relent (eelnrt).

Definitions for relent

verb (used with object)

  1. Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
  2. Obsolete. to cause to slacken; abate.
  3. Obsolete. to abandon; relinquish.

verb (used without object)

  1. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
  2. to become less severe; slacken:

Origin of relent

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin *relentāre, equivalent to Latin re- re- + lentāre to bend, derivative of lentus flexible, viscous, slow

Examples for relent

That it could soften or relent, appeared next to impossible.

If he were to relent and give up his scruples would you marry him?

Your mother is of opinion, you say, that at last my friends will relent.

We shrink not from death, nor relent before any of thy gods.

Only then does Trudy relent, saying that he should get an apartment in Manhattan.

Then, in 1937, in a 5–4 decision, the Justices began to relent.

Wanhope had the effect of appealing to Minver, but the painter would not relent.

By early Wednesday morning, Abedin had returned, but Weiner sent no signals to Washington that he was ready to relent.

She begged their father to contact him, refusing to relent until he sent an inquiring telegram.

And the senate, pressured by businesses, is in no mood to relent.

Word Value for relent
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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