Unrelenting is a cruel adjective: heat is unrelenting, and an opponent is unrelenting. Unrelenting is harsh, unemotional, and a description of nature.
To relent is considered to show kindness. Somebody was about to mete out a harsh sentence but they relented. People relent on compassionate grounds. But they also relent to their desires.
Personal morality must be unrelenting. There must be room for kindness and mercy but we should not conflate relenting with clemency. When I believe something is wrong then I can forgive on many grounds, but never for expediency. Individual actions can be excusable but a moral code must be unrelenting: there can be no compromise on fundamental moral principles.
So be kind. And be unrelenting. It's up to you to find the balance.
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