relentment

English

Etymology

relent +‎ -ment

Noun

relentment (countable and uncountable, plural relentments)

  1. The act of relenting, softening.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 4)
      Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.
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