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re·lent·less

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–adjective

that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.

[Origin: 1585–95; relent + -less

]

—Related forms

re·lent·less·ly, adverb

re·lent·less·ness, noun

—Synonyms rigid, unbending, obdurate, adamant, unyielding. See inflexible.

—Antonyms merciful.

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re·lent·less Audio Help (rĭ-lěnt'lĭs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
Steady and persistent; unremitting: the relentless beat of the drums.

re·lent'less·ly adv., re·lent'less·ness n.

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relentless
adjective
1.	not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim]
2.	never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent]

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reˈlentless adjective

without pity; not allowing anything to keep one from what one is doing or trying to do
Example: The police fight a relentless battle against crime.

Arabic:	قاسٍ، عَديم الرأفَه
Chinese (Simplified):	无情的
Chinese (Traditional):	無情的
Czech:	nesmiřitelný
Danish:	ubarmhjertig
Dutch:	meedogenloos
Estonian:	järeleandmatu
Finnish:	heltymätön
French:	implacable
German:	unbarmherzig
Greek:	ανελέητος, ανένδοτος
Hungarian:	könyörtelen
Icelandic:	vægðarlaus
Indonesian:	tanpa belas kasihan
Italian:	implacabile

Japanese:	ようしゃない
Korean:	가차없는, 무정한
Latvian:	nežēlīgs; nepielūdzams
Lithuanian:	negailestingas, nepalenkiamas
Norwegian:	ubarmhjertig, uforsonlig
Polish:	nieubłagany
Portuguese (Brazil):	implacável
Portuguese (Portugal):	implacável
Romanian:	necruţător
Russian:	безжалостный; упорный
Slovak:	neoblomný, neúprosný
Slovenian:	nepopustljiv
Spanish:	implacable
Swedish:	obeveklig
Turkish:	acımasız, aman vermez

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Relentless

Re*lent"less\, a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.

For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . . Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden. -- Re*lent"less*ly, adv. -- Re*lent"less*ness, n.

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