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Impenitent definition

ĭm-pĕnĭ-tənt
Without regret, shame, or remorse; unrepentant.
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Not penitent; unrepentant.
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An impenitent person.
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The definition of impenitent is someone who is not sorry for what they've done.

An example of someone impenitent is a bank robber who loves robbing banks.

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Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
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One who is not penitent.
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Noun

Singular:
impenitent
Plural:
impenitents

Impenitent Sentence Examples

  • The handing over of impenitent persons, and those who had relapsed, to the secular power, and their punishment, did not usually take place on the occasion of an auto-da-fe, properly so called.

  • Should the accused, after the testimony against him had been made public, continue to deny the charge, he was to be condemned as impenitent.

  • The lesser (niddah) involved exclusion from the synagogue for thirty days, and other penalties, and might be renewed if the offender remained impenitent.

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