Unremitting

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ

Origin

1728, - + remitting, from remit,

Online Etymology Dictionary

of Latin origin, in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”. Not from (non-existent) *unremit.

Full definition of unremitting

Adjective

1. incessant; never slackening
• 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
• 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Chapter 4, These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.

Derived terms

• unremittingly