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impenitent
CIDE DICTIONARY
impenitent, a. [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens: cf. F. impénitent. See Penitent.].
Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. [1913 Webster]
impenitent, n.
One who is not penitent. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
impenitent, adj. not repentant or penitent.
Derivative
impenitence n. impenitency n. impenitently adv.
Etymology
eccl.L impaenitens (as IN-(1), PENITENT)
ROGET THESAURUS
impenitent
Impenitence
N impenitence, irrepentance, recusance, lack of contrition, hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy, impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate, hard, hardened, seared, recusant, unrepentant, relentless, remorseless, graceless, shriftless, lost, incorrigible, irreclaimable, unreconstructed, unregenerate, unreformed, unrepented, unreclaimed, unatoned.For further exploring for "impenitent" in Webster Dictionary Online