All 7 Uses of
relent
in
Middlemarch
- Celia could not help relenting.†
Chpt 1 *
- Fred was feeling as good-naturedly as possible towards everybody, including Rigg; and having some relenting towards all these people who were less lucky than he was aware of being himself, he would not for the world have behaved amiss; still, it was particularly easy to laugh.†
Chpt 4
- The words cut Dorothea to the heart, and made her relent.†
Chpt 6
- But Mr. Garth was already relenting.†
Chpt 6
- And yet—and yet he may not be guilty of the last offence; and it is just possible that the change towards me may have been a genuine relenting—the effect of second thoughts such as he alleged.†
Chpt 8
- He knew that he was cruel, but he had no relenting in him yet.†
Chpt 8
- He hated his own cruelty, and yet he dreaded to show the fulness of his relenting: he must go to her again; the friendship could not be put to a sudden end; and her unhappiness was a power which he dreaded.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(relent) to give in; or to be less intense