Releasee
(Re*leas`ee") n. One to whom a release is given.
Releasement
(Re*lease"ment) n. The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.
Releaser
(Re*leas"er) n. One who releases, or sets free.
Releasor
(Re*leas"or) n. One by whom a release is given.
Relegate
(Rel"e*gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] [L. relegatus,
p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.] To remove,
usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar.
Milman. Relegation
(Rel`e*ga"tion) n. [L. relegatio: cf. F. relégation.] The act of relegating, or the state of being
relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
Relent
(Re*lent") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relented; p. pr. & vb. n. Relenting.] [F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re-
re- + ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe.]
1. To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. [Obs.]
He stirred the coals till relente gan
The wax again the fire.
Chaucer.
[Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to relent.
Boyle.
When opening buds salute the welcome day,
And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray.
Pope. 2. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to
become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
Can you . . . behold
My sighs and tears, and will not once relent?
Shak. Relent
(Re*lent"), v. t.
1. To slacken; to abate. [Obs.]
And oftentimes he would relent his pace.
Spenser. 2. To soften; to dissolve. [Obs.]
3. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [Obs.]
Relent
(Re*lent") n. Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]
Nor rested till she came without relent
Unto the land of Amazons.
Spenser. Relentless
(Re*lent"less), a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses
of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.
For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
Thus will persist, relentless in his ire.
Dryden. — Re*lent"less*ly, adv. — Re*lent"less*ness, n.
Relentment
(Re*lent"ment) n. The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented. Sir T. Browne.
Relesse
(Re*lesse") v. t. To release. [Obs.] Chaucer.
