unremitting
Meaning
Incessant; never slackening.
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
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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