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Impenitency

[im-pen-i-tuhnt]

adjective

not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.

Origin:
1525–35; < Late Latin impaenitent- (stem of impaenitēns) unrepentant. See im-², penitent

Related forms

im·pen·i·tence, im·pen·i·ten·cy, im·pen·i·tent·ness, noun

im·pen·i·tent·ly, adverb

Synonyms
unrepentant, uncontrite, hardened.

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impenitency
noun
the trait of refusing to repent [syn: impenitence]

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