Relent has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom would not relent. | |
| 2. | So spake he, on his purpose firmly bent. / We – wife, child, family and I – with prayer / and tears entreat the father to relent, / nor doom us all the common wreck to share, / and urge the ruin that the Fates prepare. | |
| 3. | Tom wouldn't relent. |