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impenitence|ɪmˈpɛnɪtəns|
[ad. late L. impænitēntia (Jerome), f. impænitēns impenitent: see -ence. Cf. F. impénitent (1630 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The fact or condition of being impenitent; want of penitence or repentance; hardness of heart; obduracy.
1624Bedell Lett. vii. 112 Impenitence of any deadly crime. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 816 Denouncing wrauth to come On thir impenitence. a1694Tillotson Serm. II. cxix. (R.), Nor is one man's impenitence more blameable than another's; Chorazin and Bethsaida can be in no more fault for continuing impenitent, than Tyre and Sidon were. 1884E. H. Plumptre Spirits in Prison viii. 255 (tr. Dorner) There is no predestination to damnation, only continued impenitence can be the cause of that. |