impenitent

[im-pen-i-tuhnt]

adjective

1. not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.

   Synonyms: hardened, uncontrite, unrepentant

impenitent

/ ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt /

adjective

1. not sorry or penitent; unrepentant

Other Word Forms

• impenitence noun
• impenitency noun
• impenitentness noun
• impenitently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of impenitent¹

1525–35; < Late Latin impaenitent- (stem of impaenitēns ) unrepentant. See im- ², penitent