Usually means: Yielded after initial resistance or refusal.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. relented: Merriam-Webster
  2. relented: Collins English Dictionary
  3. relented: Vocabulary.com
  4. relented: Wordnik
  5. relented: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. relented: Wiktionary
  7. Relented, relented: Dictionary.com
  8. relented: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Relented: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Relented: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. relented: FreeDictionary.org
  12. relented: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. relented: Legal dictionary

(Note: See relent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (relent)

noun:  Stay; stop; delay.
noun:  (obsolete) A relenting.
verb:  (intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
verb:  (intransitive) To slacken; to abate.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To lessen, make less severe or intense.
verb:  (dated, intransitive, of substance) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield, for example by dissolving or melting
adjective:  (obsolete) softhearted; yielding
▸ Also see relent


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