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Relentless

Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.

Relentment

The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.

Relevant

Relieving; lending aid or support.

Reliability

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Reliable

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.

Reliance

The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.

Reliant

Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.

Relic

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

Relict

A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Relicted

Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.

Reliction

A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.

Relief

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.

Relievable

Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.

Relieve

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

Relievement

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.

Reliever

One who, or that which, relieves.

Religion

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.

Religionary

Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.

Religionist

One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

Religiosity

The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.

Religious

A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Reliquary

A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

Reliquian

Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.

Reliquidation

A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.

Relish

The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Relishable

Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

Relive

To recall to life; to revive.

Reload

To load again, as a gun.

Reloan

A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

Relucent

Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Reluct

To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Reluctancy Reluctance

The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.

Reluctant

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctate

To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Relume

To rekindle; to light again.

Rely

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.

Remain

State of remaining; stay.

Remainder-man

One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.

Remand

The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Remanet

A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Remark

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

Remarkable

Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.

Remarque proof Remark Remarque

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate. A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

Remast

To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

Remasticate

To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

Remastication

The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

Remblai

Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

Remean

To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

Remedial

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

Remediless

Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.

Remedy

To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

Remember

To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

Remembrancer

One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Rememorate

To recall something by means of memory; to remember.

Rememoration

A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.

Remiges

The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Remigrate

To migrate again; to go back; to return.

Remigration

Migration back to the place from which one came.

Remind

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

Reminder

One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

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