Both Uses
relent
in
Emma, by Jane Austen
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- In two minutes, however, he relented in his own favour; and muttering something about spruce-beer, walked off.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- — Mr. Knightley could not impute to Emma a more relenting heart than she possessed, or a heart more disposed to accept of his.†
Chpt 3.13-14 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(relent) to give in; or to be less intense
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)