0 to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before -- 變溫和；變寬容；不再拒絕
A selection with this pronunciation is: rebut, recant, reduce, refresh, refuse, regret, relent, remove, repeat, repute, requite, resemble, resist, retain, reveal, revolt and reward.
Then, last year, the government relented and gave these old heroes.
The daughter did not relent and continued to even insist on resuscitation.
It relented after a series of disputes with the owners.
Timeteo eventually relents, selling the idol for two gold pieces.
I have watched crack reporters bullying, stalking out their prey, kicking on doors and refusing to relent after the source has cracked.
But that gives us no grounds for complacency and no grounds to relent in any way.
However, we know from experience elsewhere that we must not relent in the search for higher standards.
