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unrelenting

adj

Etymology

From un- + relenting.

Definitions

  1. Not relenting

    Not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

    • There’s faith in their unrelenting woes, / There’s Life in the Old Land yet!

  2. Having no pity

    Having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful.

    • Tears may not bring again Sardathrion. But this the gods may do who have seen, and seen with unrelenting eyes, the sorrows of ten thousand worlds—thy gods may weep for thee.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unrelenting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unrelenting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at unrelenting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA