relentlessness


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re·lent·less

 (rĭ-lĕnt′lĭs)
adj.
1. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
2. Steady and persistent; unremitting: a relentless drumbeat.
re·lent′less·ly adv.
re·lent′less·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.relentlessness - mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit"
inexorability, inexorableness
unmercifulness, mercilessness - inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
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relentlessness

noun
The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible:
die-hardism, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, obduracy, obdurateness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness, stubbornness.
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Translations
عَدم رأفَه، قَسْوَه
nepovolnost
ubarmhjertighed
engesztelhetetlenségkiengesztelhetetlenség
vægîarleysi
neoblomnosťneústupnosť
acımasızlıkaman vermezlik

relent

(rəˈlent) verb
to become less severe or unkind; to agree after refusing at first. At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented.
reˈlentless adjective
without pity; not allowing anything to keep one from what one is doing or trying to do. The police fight a relentless battle against crime.
reˈlentlessly adverb
reˈlentlessness noun
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