Usually means: Yields under pressure or persuasion.
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  1. relents: Merriam-Webster
  2. relents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. relents: Vocabulary.com
  4. Relents, relents: Wordnik
  5. relents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. relents: Wiktionary
  7. relents: Dictionary.com
  8. relents: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Relents: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. relents: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. relents: 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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