Both Uses of
relent
in
The Hunger Games
- But as far as I can see in any direction, there's the same unrelenting stretch of forest.†
p. 166.9unrelenting = no less intensestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrelenting means not and reverses the meaning of relenting. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I would actually, but I don't want to relent too soon.†
p. 318.3 *
Definition:
to give in; or to be less intense