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 formsim·pen·i·tence, im·pen·i·ten·cy, im·pen·i·tent·ness, noun
im·pen·i·tent·ly, adverb
Synonyms
unrepentant, uncontrite, hardened.