All 3 Uses of
relent
in
Measure for Measure
- I'll know His pleasure; may be he will relent.†
Scene 2.2
- O, to him, to him, wench: he will relent; He's coming; I perceive 't.†
Scene 2.2 *
- Left her in her tears, and dried not one of them with his comfort; swallowed his vows whole, pretending, in her, discoveries of dishonour; in few, bestow'd her on her own lamentation, which she yet wears for his sake; and he, a marble to her tears, is washed with them, but relents not.†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
to give in; or to be less intense