Relent
11relent — ► VERB 1) abandon or moderate a harsh intention or cruel treatment. 2) become less intense. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dissolve»: from Latin re back + lentare to bend …
12relent — (re lan) s. m. Mauvais goût que contracte une viande dans un lieu humide. Goût de relent. Odeur de relent. Fig. • Mme de Maintenon avait de ces modesties qui sentaient le relent de son premier état, mais qui pourtant ne passaient pas l… …
13RELENT — s. m. Mauvais goût que contracte une viande renfermée dans un lieu humide. De la viande qui sent le relent, qui a un goût de relent, une odeur de relent …
14relent — 1. relènt m. humidité d une denrée ; relent 2. a, relènt, o adj. moite ; humide ; en nage …
15relent — UK [rɪˈlent] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms relent : present tense I/you/we/they relent he/she/it relents present participle relenting past tense relented past participle relented 1) to change your mind about not allowing something to happen …
16relent — 1. noun /ɹɪ.lɛnt/ Stay; stop; delay. 2. verb /ɹɪ.lɛnt/ a) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; …
17relent — [[t]rɪle̱nt[/t]] relents, relenting, relented 1) VERB If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry. 2) VERB If… …
18relent — /rəˈlɛnt / (say ruh lent) verb (i) 1. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. –verb (t) 2. Obsolete to cause to relent. {Middle English relente melt, apparently from Latin relentescere grow… …
19relent — verb Etymology: Middle English, to melt, soften, from Anglo French relenter, from re + Latin lentare to bend, from lentus soft, pliant, slow more at lithe Date: 1526 intransitive verb 1. a. to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from… …
20RELENT — n. m. Mauvaise odeur qui persiste. Il y a dans ce réfectoire des relents de mauvaise cuisine …
