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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·lent·less       [ri-lent-lis] Pronunciation Key
–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       (rĭ-lěnt'lĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
  2. 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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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