What is elephantiasis? Elephantiasis is a condition where the skin thickens and hardens after excessive swelling associated with lymph accumulation (lymphedema). It is most marked in the lower limbs but also commonly affects the scrotum in males, and may also affect the breasts and arms.
relent. 1  to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. 2  to become less severe; slacken: The winds relented. 3  Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination. 4  Obsolete. to cause to slacken; abate. 5  Obsolete. to abandon; relinquish.
Example Sentences for relented. 1  If she had only been able to hold her tongue, he might have relented, she thought. 2  But when she held it, frame and all, over the fire, she relented and drew it back. 3  But when she had thus expressed her feelings, Rose relented over her sister.  Even now, could she have been tender to him, he would have relented.