relenting
Softening one's stance
Relenting is yielding after resistance, softening a hard stance.
Someone who relents gives in to pressure or shows mercy where they had been firm: After hours of begging, she finally relented and let the kids stay up late.
Weather or pain that relents eases up: The rain showed no sign of relenting.
Ceasing to resist
- acquiescingConsenting without protest
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- submittingGiving in or delivering
- giving inCeasing to resist
backing down · caving · surrendering · complying · bending · wavering · compromising · softening
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- reprievePostponement of punishment
compassion · leniency · forbearance · amnesty · sparing · quarter · pity · absolution
Becoming less firm
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- abatingBecoming less intense
- moderatingMaking less extreme
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
subsiding · letting up · slackening · weakening · waning · tapering · loosening · lightening
Refusing to give way
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
resolute · unwavering · dogged · implacable · inexorable · obstinate · inflexible · intransigent
capitulating
Ceasing to resist
- acquiescingConsenting without protest
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- submittingGiving in or delivering
giving in · backing down · caving · surrendering · complying · bending · wavering · compromising · softening · easing up
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
reprieve · compassion · leniency · forbearance · amnesty · sparing · quarter · pity · absolution · kindness
softening
Becoming less firm
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- abatingBecoming less intense
- moderatingMaking less extreme
diminishing · subsiding · letting up · slackening · weakening · waning · tapering · loosening · lightening · alleviating
unyielding
Refusing to give way
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
steadfast · resolute · unwavering · dogged · implacable · inexorable · obstinate · inflexible · intransigent · uncompromising
- mercyclemency, compassion, forgiveness, leniency, lenience
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
- submissivenesssubmissiveness, docility, meekness, obedience, tractability
- softeningmellowing, moistening, tenderizing, cushioning, relaxing
relentingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
persisting · holding out · digging in · persevering · insisting
relentingintensifying
Increasing in strength
unrelenting · worsening · strengthening · escalating · hardening