relent
re-(back) + lentare(to bend)
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verb no object
abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment: 厳しい意志や冷酷な扱いを捨てる、和らげる
〈人が〉態度を和らげる, 折れる
e.g. she was going to refuse his request, but relented.: 彼女は彼の要求を拒むつもりだったが折れた。
(especially of bad weather) become less severe or intense: (特に悪天候が)厳しさ、激しさが少なくなる
〈荒天などが〉静まる, 治まる
e.g. by evening the rain relented.: 夕方までに雨が治まった。
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘dissolve, melt’): based on Latin re- ‘back’ + lentare ‘to bend’ (from lentus ‘flexible’).