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relented
verb as in die down; let up
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Eventually he relented and agreed to be taken to a police station for questioning - still wearing his red racing driver's outfit and helmet.
He finally relented, and big changes are already taking place.
As for the graying Afghan scholar, the Taliban relented just long enough for several family members to make it out of the country.
They finally relented and let her take the tape off, and she took a bunch of pictures of celebrities.
However, in 1973, the government relented and granted Ashe a visa to play in the South African Open, which was one of the top tournaments in the world at the time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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