RELENT


Meaning of RELENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪlent ]

( relents, relenting, relented)

1.

If you relent , you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.

Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.

VERB : V

2.

If bad weather relents , it improves.

If the weather relents, the game will be finished today.

VERB : V

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