repent
verb (used without object)
to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed byof ).
unrepenting
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a word derived from
repent.
Example Sentences
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"Yes, unrepenting," the doctor repeated gravely and, as he spoke, he loosed his hold upon her arm.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
He belongs to the ruling class,—men with slow, measuring eyes and bull-dog jaws,—men who know their own capacity to an atom's weight, and who go through life with moderate, inflexible, unrepenting steps.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
From him it shuts out life, and all the motives to unrepenting hardihood in that last hour, which its mere sight and presence is often all- sufficient to sustain.
From American Notes by Charles Dickens
Heaven, others, and ourselves! uninjured these, Drink deep; the deeper, then, the more divine; Angels are angels, from indulgence there; ’Tis unrepenting pleasure makes a god.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
Not all your rage, as now united, shows More hard unkindness unrelenting, Vengeful malice unrepenting.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
