† impenitibleadj.
Obsolete.
Incapable of repentance.
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impenitiblea1631
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 79 Death..concludes him, and makes him impenitible for ever.
1637 T. Jackson Serm. Luke xiii. 5, in Wks. (1844) VI. 132 Utterly cast off by God, or left in a state impenitible.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > impenitence
unrepentancec1400
unforthinking1483
impenitency1563
unrepentantness1569
irrepentance1607
unrepentingness1615
impenitence1624
impenitiblenessa1631
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. i. §2 That there is in this life an impenitiblenesse, and impossibilitie of returning to God.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 336 A finall impenitence in this life, and an infinite impenitiblenesse in the next.
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