unremitted

unremitted
/un'ri mit"id/, adj.
1. not remitted, as a debt.
2. unpardoned, as a sin.
3. steadily maintained; uninterrupted; constant: He gave the matter his unremitted attention.
[1640-50; UN-1 + REMITTED]

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