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re⋅lent⋅less

  [ri-lent-lis]
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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   (rĭ-lěnt'lĭs)   
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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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : relentless
Spanish: implacable,
German: unbarmherzig,
Japanese: ようしゃない
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