becoming lenient (verb) melt: give in, yield
Sinonime: alight,
avoid, be off, beat it, begone, break out, bug off, buzz off, clear out, decamp, depart,
dodge,
duck,
egress, evacuate,
evade,
exit, extricate oneself,
flee,
fly, free oneself,
go, hightail, kite, leave, make tracks, run away, scram, shirk,
shun, skedaddle, split, take a hike, take off, vacate, vamoose,
withdrawAntonime: capture,
grab,
seize