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Steadfast vs Relenting - What's the difference?

steadfast | relenting |

As an adjective steadfast

is fixed or unchanging; steady.

As a verb relenting is

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As a noun relenting is

the act of one who relents.

steadfast

English

Alternative forms

* stedfast (obsolete)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  • Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

    • Derived terms

    * steadfastly * steadfastness

    relenting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who relents.
  • * Chalmers
    • Oh, tell me, if there be any relentings of pity in your bosom, how could you endure it, to behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goaded by pain, he grasps the cold ground in convulsive energy