RELENT'LESS, a. Unmoved by pity unpitying; insensible to the distress of others; destitute of tenderness; as a pray to relentless despotism. For this th' avenging pow'r employs his darts,Thus will persist relentless in his ire.Relentless thoughts, in Milton, may signify unremitted, intently fixed on disquieting objects.[This sense of the word is unusual and not to be countenanced.]
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