relentingn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlɛntɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈlɛntɪŋ/,

/riˈlɛntɪŋ/

Forms: see relent v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relent v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < relent v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of relent v.¹, in various senses; esp. softening, yielding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > becoming soft and moist

relentingc1487

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy > relenting

relentment1628

relenting1694

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun]

reversec1487

retraction1536

relent1580

declension1597

relentance1629

resentment1646

intercision1647

relenting1694

back-down1862

backing-down1883

back-pedalling1950

step-down1973

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 269 There be summe rennyng waters that procede of the relentyng of snowes.

1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers iii. 30 (margin) Relenting of the ministers moste dangerous.

1587 R. Rogers Diary 29 Nov. in Two Puritan Diaries (1933) 66 The next day in sermon and medit[ation] with many teares and relentinge, on exodus 19:5.

?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. A12^v If you feare their relenting, take the Roseleaues about Candlemas, and put them once againe into a siue.

1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 161 Make it to work..Relenting and remorse in their Persecutors.

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i What means this soft Relenting in my Soul?

1733 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. I. 94 For her relenting, Virtue deigns to weep.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 354 The Saturday..passed over without any sign of relenting on the part of the government.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xxxvii. 141 The relenting grew upon him.

1935 Times 6 July 6/4 Any relenting..might have been disastrous had it given von Cramm command of the match.

1998 E. C. Sloan Bosnia & New Collective Security iii. 37 The Bosnian Serb forces showed no sign of relenting in their advance toward Bihac.

2. An instance of this; a softening, yielding, abating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe > instance of

relenting1582

subdual1884

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > instance of

relenting1709

1582 R. Browne Treat. 23 Matt. in R. Harrison & R. Browne Writings (1953) 218 With horrible tolerations of the same things in others,..& mitigatings, relentings & protestings.

1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia i. ix. f. 36 I have marked in you, I will not say an alteration, but a relenting truely, & a slacking of the maine career.

1600 Countess of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 58 Vouchsafe a relentinge to the not urginge..of that fatell warrant for Execution.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 80 Strange relentings teare the womb Of Nature.

1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 65 Whose Sins though they be more, yet our Relentings for them are slighter..than Theirs.

1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. iv. 258 But Charles next day felt a relenting in this assumed vigour.

1840 Times 23 Jan. 4/6 Individual tyranny was far preferable, for an individual had his misgivings and relentings.

1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 134 In the first relentings of March..these osiers hang out their joyful flowers.

1923 Hispania 6 32 It is all but impossible to find in Literature a character so thoroughly and hopelessly bad that we have no relentings of feeling toward him.

1997 A. L. Sherman Soul of Devel. Pref. p. ix Many Mayans lost faith as the old customs and sacrifices did not lead to a relenting of their suffering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

relentingadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlɛntɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈlɛntɪŋ/,

/riˈlɛntɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relent v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < relent v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That relents (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful > relenting

relenting1576

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective]

renayedc1380

renegate1488

regenerate?1536

runagate1549

renegantc1550

turncoat1571

relenting1576

reneged1594

renegado1612

recreant1613

tergiversating1654

renegade1664

apostate1671

tergiversant1710

blackleg1767

revulsionary1817

tergiversated1831

tergiverse1852

tergiversatory1891

breakaway1934

walk-in1978

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite

rueingOE

repentantc1230

contritea1340

penitent1341

compunctc1384

repentingc1405

compuncteda1425

contrited1483

repentful1561

repentable1571

relenting1576

remorsed1579

remorseful1590

repent1598

remording1614

compunctiousa1616

repentive1620

compunctionate1681

resipiscent1872

1576 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Pentapolitanus in Panoplie Epist. 302 To aggrauate and increase sorrow, where griefe should rather be assuaged, is a token of no relenting nature.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 227 As the mournefull Crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 97 The Scriptures indeed doe binde all faithfull and relenting siners to beleeue.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i Like relenting Heav'n He seems unwilling to deface his Kind.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 608 Relenting forms would lose their power, or cease.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. vi. 141 The Bishop..had put forth the signs of a relenting sympathy to his former masters.

1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 27 Mar. (1954) II. 15 Your cordial assurance..is one of those pleasant things..which relenting destiny sends me now and then to buoy me up.

1909 Times 30 Oct. 10/2 Nature was surely in her most relenting mood when she gave the rattlesnake its rattle.

1979 Law & Contemp. Probl. 43 317 His poetry has become increasingly more scathing and less relenting during the 1970s.

2000 Nature Conservancy Jan.–Feb. 9/1 The rising moisture and relenting temperatures favor the squat and sunny woodlands of Mexican blue oak.

Derivatives

reˈlentingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully > relentingly

relentingly1611

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adverb] > in recanting or relenting manner

recantingly1593

relentingly1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rilento,..relentingly.

1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 12 Mar. 229/3 What if, relentingly, we declare her innocent of the Homeric cento?

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xxiv. 349 The lady in the mirror gazed at the lady in the room, reproachfully at first, then..relentingly, then pityingly.

2002 Melville Soc. Extracts (Nexis) 1 Feb. Driven by the wind, Ishmael in desperation relentingly agrees to bed with a pagan cannibal-harpooneer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relenting
释义	relentingn. Brit. /rᵻˈlɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlɛntɪŋ/, /riˈlɛntɪŋ/ Forms: see relent v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relent v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < relent v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of relent v.¹, in various senses; esp. softening, yielding. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > becoming soft and moist relentingc1487 the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy > relenting relentment1628 relenting1694 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] reversec1487 retraction1536 relent1580 declension1597 relentance1629 resentment1646 intercision1647 relenting1694 back-down1862 backing-down1883 back-pedalling1950 step-down1973 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 269 There be summe rennyng waters that procede of the relentyng of snowes. 1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers iii. 30 (margin) Relenting of the ministers moste dangerous. 1587 R. Rogers Diary 29 Nov. in Two Puritan Diaries (1933) 66 The next day in sermon and medit[ation] with many teares and relentinge, on exodus 19:5. ?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. A12^v If you feare their relenting, take the Roseleaues about Candlemas, and put them once againe into a siue. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 161 Make it to work..Relenting and remorse in their Persecutors. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i What means this soft Relenting in my Soul? 1733 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. I. 94 For her relenting, Virtue deigns to weep. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 354 The Saturday..passed over without any sign of relenting on the part of the government. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xxxvii. 141 The relenting grew upon him. 1935 Times 6 July 6/4 Any relenting..might have been disastrous had it given von Cramm command of the match. 1998 E. C. Sloan Bosnia & New Collective Security iii. 37 The Bosnian Serb forces showed no sign of relenting in their advance toward Bihac. 2. An instance of this; a softening, yielding, abating. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe > instance of relenting1582 subdual1884 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > instance of relenting1709 1582 R. Browne Treat. 23 Matt. in R. Harrison & R. Browne Writings (1953) 218 With horrible tolerations of the same things in others,..& mitigatings, relentings & protestings. 1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia i. ix. f. 36 I have marked in you, I will not say an alteration, but a relenting truely, & a slacking of the maine career. 1600 Countess of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 58 Vouchsafe a relentinge to the not urginge..of that fatell warrant for Execution. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 80 Strange relentings teare the womb Of Nature. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 65 Whose Sins though they be more, yet our Relentings for them are slighter..than Theirs. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. iv. 258 But Charles next day felt a relenting in this assumed vigour. 1840 Times 23 Jan. 4/6 Individual tyranny was far preferable, for an individual had his misgivings and relentings. 1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 134 In the first relentings of March..these osiers hang out their joyful flowers. 1923 Hispania 6 32 It is all but impossible to find in Literature a character so thoroughly and hopelessly bad that we have no relentings of feeling toward him. 1997 A. L. Sherman Soul of Devel. Pref. p. ix Many Mayans lost faith as the old customs and sacrifices did not lead to a relenting of their suffering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). relentingadj. Brit. /rᵻˈlɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlɛntɪŋ/, /riˈlɛntɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relent v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < relent v.¹ + -ing suffix². That relents (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful > relenting relenting1576 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective] renayedc1380 renegate1488 regenerate?1536 runagate1549 renegantc1550 turncoat1571 relenting1576 reneged1594 renegado1612 recreant1613 tergiversating1654 renegade1664 apostate1671 tergiversant1710 blackleg1767 revulsionary1817 tergiversated1831 tergiverse1852 tergiversatory1891 breakaway1934 walk-in1978 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite rueingOE repentantc1230 contritea1340 penitent1341 compunctc1384 repentingc1405 compuncteda1425 contrited1483 repentful1561 repentable1571 relenting1576 remorsed1579 remorseful1590 repent1598 remording1614 compunctiousa1616 repentive1620 compunctionate1681 resipiscent1872 1576 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Pentapolitanus in Panoplie Epist. 302 To aggrauate and increase sorrow, where griefe should rather be assuaged, is a token of no relenting nature. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 227 As the mournefull Crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. View more context for this quotation 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 97 The Scriptures indeed doe binde all faithfull and relenting siners to beleeue. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i Like relenting Heav'n He seems unwilling to deface his Kind. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 608 Relenting forms would lose their power, or cease. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. vi. 141 The Bishop..had put forth the signs of a relenting sympathy to his former masters. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 27 Mar. (1954) II. 15 Your cordial assurance..is one of those pleasant things..which relenting destiny sends me now and then to buoy me up. 1909 Times 30 Oct. 10/2 Nature was surely in her most relenting mood when she gave the rattlesnake its rattle. 1979 Law & Contemp. Probl. 43 317 His poetry has become increasingly more scathing and less relenting during the 1970s. 2000 Nature Conservancy Jan.–Feb. 9/1 The rising moisture and relenting temperatures favor the squat and sunny woodlands of Mexican blue oak. Derivatives reˈlentingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully > relentingly relentingly1611 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adverb] > in recanting or relenting manner recantingly1593 relentingly1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rilento,..relentingly. 1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 12 Mar. 229/3 What if, relentingly, we declare her innocent of the Homeric cento? 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xxiv. 349 The lady in the mirror gazed at the lady in the room, reproachfully at first, then..relentingly, then pityingly. 2002 Melville Soc. Extracts (Nexis) 1 Feb. Driven by the wind, Ishmael in desperation relentingly agrees to bed with a pagan cannibal-harpooneer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1487adj.1576
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