Synonyms for relent
rɪˈlɛntre·lent

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1. relent

   Synonyms:
   yield, relax, soften

   Antonyms:
   persist, harden

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1. yield, relent, softenverb

   give in, as to influence or pressure

   Synonyms:
   mince, render, ease up, grant, give way, pay, moderate, cushion, give, buffer, weaken, afford, knuckle under, give in, cede, concede, succumb, soften, move over, generate, return, dampen, buckle under, damp, yield, bear, break

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1. relentverb

   Synonyms:
   soften (in temper), grow lenient or tender, abate severity or rigor

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1. Jason Conn:

   They’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed, it doesn’t relent, that’s for sure.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Our coalition will not relent. Attacks on restaurants and concerts are not the new normal. They can’t beat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us into being afraid.

3. Malcolm Turnbull:

   What we've now got to do is not relent on the economic pressure until that goal is achieved.

4. Mike Pence:

   As we gather tonight, we must recognize that we've only come to the end of the beginning. Standing here in the first days of a post-Roe America, we must resolve that we will not rest, we will not relent until the sanctity of life is restored in the law of every state in the nation.

5. President Obama:

   I know Hillary won’t relent until ISIL is destroyed. She’ll finish the job.