English → Latin
“relent” in Latin
molliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatelēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifymītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacify
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
relent
molliri: leniri: mitigari: animo flecti atque frangi; se molliri or mitigari pati; residit ira alicujus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for relent?
- The usual Latin words for “relent” are molliō, lēniō, mītigō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.