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单词 relent
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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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relentverb [ I ]

us/rɪˈlent/

to do something you had refused to do before, or to allow someone to do something that you had refused to allow before:

For days we begged him to see a doctor about his cough, and finally he relented.
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