penitent
adjective
feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
unpenitent
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a word derived from
penitent.
Example Sentences
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This four-character play, thinly disguised as a novel, tells the story of a prodigal but unpenitent son.
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