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Webster 1828 Edition


Relenting

RELENT'ING

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ppr.
Softening in temper; becoming more mild or compassionate.

RELENT'ING

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Noun.
The act of becoming more mild or compassionate.

Definition 2024


relenting

relenting

English

Verb

relenting

  1. present participle of relent

Noun

relenting (plural relentings)

  1. The act of one who relents.
    • Chalmers
      Oh, tell me, if there be any relentings of pity in your bosom, how could you endure it, to behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goaded by pain, he grasps the cold ground in convulsive energy []