Impenitent

Quick meaning: Impenitent is an adjective meaning Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.

Meaning

Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.

More Meanings

1. One who is not penitent.

Example Sentences

But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.

The minds, therefore, which they set at ease, are only those of impenitent criminals and malefactors, and which, to the good of mankind, should be in perpetual terror and alarm.

[I]f they mende and repente better, will in ſtede of purgatorye which they nowe mocke & ieſte at, wepe and repent in hell this fooliſh fruitleſſe faſhion of their impenitent repentance.

For as for the firſt kynde of eleccion, after whiche, Chriſte hathe choſen bys catholike churche out of the Jewes and Gentiles, to be his church here in earth: in thys kynde are there penitentes and impenitentes bothe.

Word Forms

• impenitents

Synonyms for impenitent

Depending on context, synonyms include obdurate, unrepentant, unregenerate, unregenerated, unremorseful.

Antonyms for impenitent

Common opposites include penitent, repentant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unrepentant, unregenerated, unregenerate, unremorseful, unpenitent, nonrepentant.

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