Crossword-Solution: RELENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Relent | v. i. | To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. |
| Relent | v. i. | To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion. |
| Relent | v. t. | To slacken; to abate. |
| Relent | v. t. | To soften; to dissolve. |
| Relent | v. t. | To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. |
| Relent | n. | Stay; stop; delay. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAET
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greedy person
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Sentences with RELENT (5)
Not until Wendy again raised her arm did he relent sufficiently to say, “Well, not for ever, but for a whole week.” Do you think Tinker Bell was grateful to Wendy for raising her arm? Oh dear no, never wanted to pinch her so much.
Well, let him go, no matter what it cost me, Or certain death or shameful banishment, For your sake I relent, not his; and him, Where’er he be, my heart shall still abhor.
Unless you wish to make a scandal in the house, you will remain, of course!’ She went on a few steps, and then seemed to relent a little.
She could not foresee that Colonel Brandon would give me a living.” “No; but she might suppose that something would occur in your favour; that your own family might in time relent.
Against this disappointment, for I was expecting that her heart would relent at last, I made an extra effort to maintain my dignity; but when I saw all the other children around me with merry and satisfied faces, I could stand it no longer.
Quotes with RELENT (3)
It takes just one idea or act to connect the dots between hard work and success... Don’t relent until you find it
So furiously each other did assayle, As if their soules they would attonce haue rent Out of their brests, that streames of bloud did rayle Adowne, as if their springes of life were spent; That all the ground with purple bloud was sprent, And all their armours staynd with bloudie gore, Yet scarcely once to breath would they relent, So mortall was their malice and so sore, Become of fayned friendship which they vow'd afore.
I've been down by the stream collecting berries. Would you care for some?" I would, actually, but I don't want to relent too soon. I do walk over and look at them. I've never seen this type before. No, I have. But not in the arena. These aren't Rue's berries, although they resemble them. Nor do they match any I learned about in training. I lean down and scoop up a few, rolling them between my fingers. My father's voice comes back to me. "Not these, Katniss. Never these. They'…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 122 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).