RELENTLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relentlessness mean? 

• RELENTLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun RELENTLESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up

  Familiarity information: RELENTLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELENTLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inexorability; inexorableness; relentlessness

Context example:

the relentlessness or their pursuit

Hypernyms ("relentlessness" is a kind of...):

mercilessness; unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)

Derivation:

relentless (never-ceasing)

relentless (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty)

 Context examples 

Then it was that the cruelty of the sea, its relentlessness and awfulness, rushed upon me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)