3 uses
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Definition
to give in; or to be less intense
- Gulliver relented and moved on again up the path.One (61% in)
- In the end, reluctantly, she'd relented and had a coil fitted instead, making a grim joke that with luck it might have the same effect anyway.Two (76% in)
- Robert wanted to scream at him to let her be but didn't and, blushing, Grace relented and sat down.Eleven (17% in)
There are no more uses of "relent" in The Horse Whisperer.
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