Synonyms & related words for relents

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Words related to relents

Explore words related to relents — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include relented, relenting, soften, capitulate, capitulator, capitulatory, yield, unbudging. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does relents come from?

The word relents breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -lent, from Latin lentus (“pliant, slow”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.