Definition of Relenting

1. Verb. (present participle of relent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Relenting

1. relent [v] - See also: relent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Relenting

relegalizes
relegalizing
relegate
relegated
relegates
relegating
relegation
relegation zone
relegation zones
relegations
relend
relending
relends
relent
relented
relenting
relentless
relentlessly
relentlessness
relentment
relentments
relents
relessee
relessees
relessor
relessors
relet
relets
reletter
relettered

Literary usage of Relenting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dombey and Son. by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"Relenting. FLORENCE had need of help. Her father's need of it was sore, and made the aid of her old friend invaluable. Death stood at his pillow. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"She turned away from him as she spoke, then cast a glance at him from under her eyelids, angry yet relenting. They stood for a moment like the lovers in ..."

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