relented definition
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Definition of 'relent' 1. verb. If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry. 2. verb. If bad weather relents, it improves.
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- (rɪˈmaɪz) vb. 1. (Law) (tr) law to give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc); surrender. 2. (Fencing) (tr) fencing to make a renewed thrust on the same lunge after the first has missed. n. 3. (Fencing) fencing a second thrust made on the same lunge after the first has missed. 4. (Historical Terms) obsolete a hired carriage.
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- The most basic definition of an owner’s engineer is someone or, more commonly, a team of experts that serves as an independent advocate for the owner. The owner’s engineer plays a supporting but critical role by filling gaps and supplementing a plant owner’s resources (Figure 1).n owner’s engineer can be extremely helpful to an owner who wants to purchase equipment by writing technical specifications and assisting in the purchase of owner-furnished equipment and making sure that equipment suppliers are in compliance with all contract requirements.
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reconcile verb (used with object), reconciled, reconciling. 1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate. 2. to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons.
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- For the town, see Clemency, Luxembourg. For the English actress, novelist, musician, journalist and radio presenter, see Clemency Burton-Hill. A pardon is a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.
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- WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2016. re•bel•lion (ri bel′yən), n. 1  Governmentopen, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler. 2  resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition.  the act of rebelling.
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relapse 1. relapse-deteriorate in health; he relapsed. get worse. change state, turn-undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  recommission(Verb) To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission. 2  recommission(Verb) To put back in service (undoing decommissioning). They recommissioned the unused furnace, practically rebuilding it in the process.
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- 1 [uncountable] the act of remitting. 2  pardon; forgiveness: [uncountable]prayed for the remission of sin.[countable]a remission of one's sins.  the act of lessening the length of a prison sentence: [countable]a remission of one year for good behavior.[uncountable]an appeal for remission.
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- » more... 1  He relented and closed his eyes. 2  Intrigued, Gabriel relented from his stubborn position before the altar. 3  He relented and spoke, his words garbled.  The demon relented after a brief struggle, but something about its unusually quick surrender bothered 1  her. Take two guards with you, he relented at last.
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- Definition of indolent. 1  1a : causing little or no painb : slow to develop or heal indolent tumors indolent ulcers. 2  2a : averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazyb : conducive to or encouraging laziness indolent heatc : showing an inclination to laziness an indolent sigh.
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relapse 1. to fall or slip back into a former state or practice: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery. 3. to fall back into wrongdoing or error. n. 4. an act or instance of relapsing.
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recant Definition of recant. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce. 3  2 : revoke.  intransitive 1  verb. : to make an open confession of error.
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- acquit verb. › [T often passive] to ​decide ​officially in a ​law ​court that someone is not ​guilty of a ​particular ​crime: She was acquitted of all the ​charges against her. Five ​months ago he was acquitted on a ​shoplifting ​charge. Compare convict verb acquit yourself formal › to do ​better than ​expected in a ​difficult ​situation: I ​thought that he acquitted himself admirably in today's ​meeting.
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pardon excuse, condone, pardon, forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting.
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repentance Definition of repentance. : the action or process of repenting especially for misdeeds or moral shortcomings.
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pardon 1) v. to use the executive power of a Governor or President to forgive a person convicted of a crime, thus removing any remaining penalties or punishments, and preventing any new prosecution of the person for the crime for which the pardon was given.
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- Remission refers to a stage of lesser intensity, when something subsides or improves. Remission is usually a good thing — like when your cancer is in remission, it means that it is manageable and not getting any worse. If something difficult lets up, you'll be able to relax a little.
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- relapse noun [C]. › If someone who is getting ​better after an ​illness has a relapse, they ​become ​ill again: She was ​looking ​quite ​healthy on ​Friday, but she had/​suffered a relapse over the ​weekend and was taken back into ​hospital.
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lite envolent. 1  third-person plural present indicative of. 2  third-person plural present subjunctive of.
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- relent. 1  to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. 2  to become less severe; slacken: The winds relented. 3  Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination. 4  Obsolete. to cause to slacken; abate. 5  Obsolete. to abandon; relinquish.
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relapse 800.678.2332 I www.caron.org World English Dictionary: relapse — vb 1. to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits 2. to become ill again after apparent recovery — n 3. the act or an instance of relapsing4. the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery.
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recuse (rĭ-kyo͞oz′) tr.v. re·cused, re·cus·ing, re·cus·es. To disqualify or seek to disqualify (a judge or juror) from participation in the decision in a case, as for personal prejudice against a party or for personal interest in the outcome.
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plead verb (used without object), pleaded or pled, pleading. 1. to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time. 2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
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- Example Sentences for relented. If she had only been able to hold her tongue, he might have relented, she thought. But when she held it, frame and all, over the fire, she relented and drew it back. But when she had thus expressed her feelings, Rose relented over her sister.
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redress redress. verb. 1. make amends for, pay for, make up for, compensate for, put right, recompense for, make reparation for, make restitution for Victims are turning to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.