impenitent

American  

[im-pen-i-tuhnt] / ɪmˈpɛn ɪ tənt /

adjective

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

   Synonyms:

   hardened, uncontrite, unrepentant

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impenitent British  

/ ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt /

adjective

1. not sorry or penitent; unrepentant

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of impenitent

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

Example Sentences

In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

In Maxwell’s impenitent gaze, we could see the broader audacity of the Epstein affair.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2019

She loved that Lorraine was impenitent and fought out of professional duty, rather than to avenge, say, the loss of a husband or child.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2017

But her new employer, Politico Europe, was keen to appoint an impenitent to fire warning shots across the commission’s bow.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

The minds therefore which they set at ease, are only those of impenitent criminals and malefactors, and which, to the good of mankind, should be in perpetual terror and alarm.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various