relent
ri lent
- v give in, as to influence or pressure
- When all the other sad songs relent and admit a tiny ray of light, this one pulls down the black-out shades, puts on purple eyeliner and curls into a fetal position.
- Friends and colleagues have urged him to relent, because he's too important to the campaign.
- Reid, realizing the blogs won't relent on this race, declined to even try.