impenitentadj.n.
/ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt/ A. adj.
Not penitent or repentant; having no contrition or sorrow for sin; unrepentant, obdurate.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > impenitent
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
unremorseful1598
unashamed1600
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unapologetic1892
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > impenitence > [adjective]
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
obdureda1500
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
obdure?1590
unreclaimed1591
unremorseful1598
unconfessing1641
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unatoning1838
unapologetic1892
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 613/1 [They] will..wepe and repent in hell this foolish fruitlesse fashion of their impenitent repentance.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Rom. ii. 5 After thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 187 Impœnitent and notorious sinners.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 135. ⁋2 Impenitent Criminals and Malefactors.
1898 J. Caird Univ. Serm. vii. 142 With God, to forgive an impenitent man and to continue to punish a penitent are equally impossible.
B. n.
An impenitent or unrepentant person.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > impenitence > person
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > impenitence > [noun] > person characterized by
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1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 525/1 In thys kynde are there penitentes and impenitentes bothe.
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 207 That the body of the impenitent went not presently to hell but was condemned to hell when he dyed.
1734 I. Watts Distant Thunder in Reliquiæ Juveniles xxiii. These dark clouds..hang over the nations, and are just ready to be discharged on the head of impenitents.
Derivatives
imˈpenitentness n. impenitency.
ΚΠ
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Impenitentness, impenitence, unrelentingness.
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