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View synonyms for impenitent

impenitent

[ im-pen-i-tuhnt ]

adjective

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

    Synonyms: uncontrite, unrepentant, hardened



impenitent

/ ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt /

adjective

  1. not sorry or penitent; unrepentant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • imˈpenitence, noun
  • imˈpenitently, adverb
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Other Words From

  • im·peni·tence im·peni·ten·cy im·peni·tent·ness noun
  • im·peni·tent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of impenitent1

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

Nay, even eternal ruin awaits the impenitent violator of Covenant engagements.

The impenitent transgressor continues under the curse of the law.

He pushed fiercely through the knot of boys, and strode as quickly as he could along the playground, angry and impenitent.

It was a plea, the sole purpose of which was to enable them to live on as they were, immoral and impenitent.

Even while he is still explicitly impenitent and defiant he tries to pull her round to the light that he may see her face.

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