relents
Softens under pressure
To relent is to soften in determination or severity, often after initial resistance.
Someone who relents yields to pressure, pity, or persuasion: She finally relented and let the kids stay up late.
Weather or pain that relents eases up: The rain relented toward evening.
The word implies giving way after holding firm.
Merciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
reprieve · amnesty · grace · quarter · compassion · pity · forbearance · absolution
Yield under pressure
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- submitPresent for consideration
- succumbYield to pressure
give in · budge · back down · cave · soften · bend · defer · accede
Return to liquid
loosen · lighten · subside · mitigate · warm · unbend · relax · de-escalate
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- healingRestoration of health
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- accordHarmony between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
resolution · rapprochement · olive-branch · conciliation · truce · détente · mending
At the end
- eventuallyAt a later time
- ultimatelyIn the end
- at lastAfter prolonged waiting
- wore downGradually weakened or eroded
persistence · pressure · pleading · insistence · persuasion · entreaty · stubbornness · tenacity
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
mercy · reprieve · amnesty · grace · quarter · compassion · pity · forbearance · absolution · remission
capitulate
Yield under pressure
succumb · give in · budge · back down · cave · soften · bend · defer · accede · bow
thaw
Return to liquid
ease · loosen · lighten · subside · mitigate · warm · unbend · relax · de-escalate · cool down
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
compromise · resolution · rapprochement · olive-branch · conciliation · truce · détente · mending
finally
At the end
- eventuallyAt a later time
- ultimatelyIn the end
- at lastAfter prolonged waiting
wore down · persistence · pressure · pleading · insistence · persuasion · entreaty · stubbornness · tenacity · badgering
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
relentsresists
Actively withstands force
holds firm · persists · holds out · refuses · insists
relentsintensifies
Increases in strength
worsens · strengthens · escalates · persists · continues
relentless, relent, unrelenting, relentlessness, relenting, relented, unrelentingly