relentverb [ I ]
uk/rɪˈlent/us/rɪˈlent/to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before:
Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.
The security guard relented and let them through.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acquiesce
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- come to heel idiom
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- not take sth lying down idiom
- philosophical
- resign
- resort
- resort to sth
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- trade
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