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Word entry · 6 letters

relent

Best crossword clue

"Soften one's stance"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈlɛnt/Part of speech verbSorted eelnrtStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3L4E5N6T

Definitions

  1. give in, as to influence or pressure

Word origin

From Middle English relenten, from Anglo-Norman relentir, from Latin re- + lentare (“to bend”), from lentus (“soft, pliant, slow”). Earliest recording dates to 1526. The noun is from the verb.

Used in a sentence

  • There was no relent, my dear, as we pulled each other in.
  • The pistons of this engine moved without relent.
  • She forward went[…] Ne rested till she came without relent Unto the land of Amazons.

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