2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
relentless
adj 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}, {inexorable}, {stern},
{unappeasable}, {unforgiving}, {unrelenting}]
2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: {persistent},
{unrelenting}]
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