Tom would not relent.
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Relent
//ɹɪˈlɛnt//
Synonyms for "relent" (80 found)
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1 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
60 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- омеквам verb (become less rigid, yield)
- омилостивявам се verb (become less severe, give in)
- стихвам verb (slacken, abate)
Czech
4 entries- dát se obměkčit verb (become less severe, give in)
- obměkčit se verb (become less severe, give in)
- ochabnout verb (slacken, abate)
- polevit verb (slacken, abate)
Dutch
4 entries- oponthoud noun (stop, delay)
- verblijf noun (stop, delay)
- meegeven verb (become less rigid, yield)
- milderen verb (become less severe, give in)
Finnish
4 entries- pysähdys noun (stop, delay)
- viivästys noun (stop, delay)
- laantua verb (slacken, abate)
- lauhtua verb (become less severe, give in)
French
2 entries- se retirer noun (stop, delay)
- céder verb (become less severe, give in)
German
3 entries- nachgeben verb (become less severe, give in)
- nachgeben verb (become less rigid, yield)
- nachlassen verb (slacken, abate)
Italian
2 entries- cedere verb (become less severe, give in)
- placare verb (slacken, abate)
Māori
4 entries- hauraro verb (become less rigid, yield)
- māriri verb (become less severe, give in)
- māwhe verb (slacken, abate)
- ngawhere verb (become less rigid, yield)
Persian
1 entries- نرم شدن verb (become less severe, give in)
Romanian
1 entries- a se înmuia verb (become less severe, give in)
Russian
1 entries- смягча́ться verb (become less severe, give in)
Spanish
4 entries- amainar verb (slacken, abate)
- ceder verb (become less severe, give in)
- ceder verb (slacken, abate)
- cejar verb (slacken, abate)
Thai
1 entries- อ่อนข้อ verb (become less severe, give in)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
So spake he, on his purpose firmly bent. / We – wife, child, family and I – with prayer / and tears entreat the father to relent, / nor doom us all the common wreck to share, / and urge the ruin that the Fates prepare.
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Tom wouldn't relent.
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A song urging Cameroonians not to relent in the fight against malaria blasted through speakers Saturday — World Malaria Day — at road junctions and popular neighborhoods, as well as from publicity vans driving through Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.
Source: tatoeba (11466998)
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