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unremitting

Unremitting (adj) means Incessant; never slackening.

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Incessant; never slackening.
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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.

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"unremitting" (adj) means incessant; never slackening.

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