relents in English

verb
1
abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment.
she was going to refuse his request, but relented
synonyms:change one's mindbackpedaldo a U-turnback downgive way/incapitulatebecome mercifulbecome lenientagree to somethingallow somethingconcede somethingaccede
verb

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1. Not wanting her son to defect to the “enemy camp,” Mom relents.

2. Synonyms for Capitulates include surrenders, yields, submits, succumbs, concedes, relents, bows, quits, acquiesces and budges