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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Re*lent"less*ly, adv. --
Re*lent"less*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
adamant , adamantine , ardent , assiduous , bound ,
bound and determined , bowelless , cast-iron , ceaseless , certain ,
committed , constant , continual , continuing , continuous , cruel ,
decided , decisive , dedicated , definite , determined , devoted ,
diligent , dog-eat-dog , dogged , dour , earnest , enduring , energetic ,
faithful , fated , fateful , ferocious , fervent , fierce , firm , flinty ,
fundamentalist , grim , habitual , hard , hard-core , hardworking ,
harsh , heartless , hidebound , immovable , immutable , implacable ,
impliable , inalterable , incessant , inclement , indefatigable ,
indefeasible , indomitable , industrious , inelastic , ineluctable ,
inescapable , inevasible , inevitable , inexorable , inflexible ,
inhuman , insistent , intractable , intransigent , invincible , iron ,
ironbound , ironclad , ironhanded , irreconcilable , irresistible ,
irrevocable , laborious , lasting , loyal , merciless , mortal ,
muscle-bound , necessary , never idle , never-tiring , obdurate ,
obstinate , orthodox , patient , patient as Job , permanent , perpetual ,
perseverant , persevering , persistent , persisting , pertinacious ,
pitiless , plodding , plugging , preoccupied , procrustean , purist ,
puristic , puritan , puritanic , purposeful , rapt , regular ,
remorseless , resistless , resolute , resolved , rigid , rigorist ,
rigoristic , rigorous , rock-ribbed , rockbound , ruthless , sedulous ,
serious , sincere , single-minded , sleepless , slogging , stable ,
steadfast , steady , steely , stern , stiff , stiff-necked ,
straightlaced , straitlaced , strenuous , strict , stringent , stubborn ,
sure , sure as death , sure as fate , tenacious , tireless , tough ,
unabated , unabating , unaffected , unalterable , unappeasable ,
unavoidable , unbending , unbroken , unceasing , unchangeable ,
uncompassionate , uncompassioned , uncompromising , unconquerable ,
uncontrollable , undaunted , undeflectable , undeviating ,
undiscouraged , undrooping , unfailing , unfaltering , unfeeling ,
unflagging , unflinching , unforgiving , ungiving , unintermitting ,
uninterrupted , unmerciful , unmoved , unmoving , unnodding , unpitiful ,
unpitying , unpreventable , unrelaxing , unrelenting , unrelieved ,
unremitting , unremorseful , unsleeping , unsparing , unstoppable ,
unswerving , unsympathetic , unsympathizing , untiring , unwavering ,
unwearied , unwearying , unwinking , unyielding , utterly attentive ,
vehement , weariless , wholehearted , without mercy , zealous

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