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Unremitting

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Never slackening; persistent.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. incessant; never slackening

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not abating; not relaxing for a time; incessant; continued: as, unremitting exertions.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Word Usage

"The inconsiderate facility with which she had wandered about with a person so little known to her, so underbred, and so forward, appeared now to herself inexcusable; and she determined, if but spared this dreadful punishment, to pass the whole of her future life in unremitting caution."

Equivalent

continuous uninterrupted

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

incessant continued persevering constant

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

acquitting admitting befitting bitting committing emitting fitting flitting getting gritting

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unceasing untiring assiduous unrelenting unflagging long-continued incessant painstaking diligent tireless