relenting

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

relenting

  1. present participle and gerund of relent

Noun[edit]

relenting (plural relentings)

  1. The act of one who relents.
    • 1816, Thomas Chalmers, Thoughts on Universal Peace:
      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 […]
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