relent

relent

1. leppyä, heltyä

2. laantua, tyyntyä

Liittyvät sanat: relentless

Synonyymisanakirja

relent

antaa periksi, antaa myöten, heltyä, taipua.

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management, understatement, establishment, vol-au-vent...

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Englannin sanakirja

relent englanniksi

1. stay Stay; stop; delay.

2. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.

He relented of his plan to murder his opponent, and decided just to teach him a lesson instead.

I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other. (from "The Remains of the Day"‎ by Kazuo Ishiguro)

3. Shakespeare

Can you (..) behold / My sighs and tears, and will not once relent?

4. To slacken; to abate.

We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside.

He will not relent in his effort to reclaim his victory.

5. puhekieltä To lessen, make less severe or fast.

6. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:

But nothing might relent her hastie flight; / So deepe the deadly feare of that foule swaine / Was earst impressed in her gentle spright ....

7. puhekieltä To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.

8. Boyle

Salt of tartar placed in a cellar will (..) begin to relent.

9. Alexander Pope

When opening buds salute the welcome day, / And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray.

10. lingering smell (usually bad); stench

11. (label) overtone

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