relentment

English

Etymology

relent +‎ -ment

Noun

relentment (countable and uncountable, plural relentments)

1. The act of relenting, softening.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:

     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.