English Explanatory Dictionary

unremitting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incessant; never slackening.

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unremitting.wav

Word forms

unremitting more unremitting most unremitting

Etymology

un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.

Derived words

unremittingly
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