im·pen·i·tent

(ĭm-pĕn′ĭ-tənt)

adj.

Not penitent; unrepentant.

im·pen′i·tence n.

im·pen′i·tent n.

im·pen′i·tent·ly adv.

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impenitent

(ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt)

adj

not sorry or penitent; unrepentant

imˈpenitence, imˈpenitency, imˈpenitentness n

imˈpenitently adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

im•pen•i•tent

(ɪmˈpɛn ɪ tənt)

adj.

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

[1525–35; < Late Latin]

im•pen′i•tence, im•pen′i•ten•cy, im•pen′i•tent•ness, n.

im•pen′i•tent•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	impenitent - not penitent or remorseful unremorseful, unrepentant unashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame unregenerated, unregenerate - not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism" penitent, repentant - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
	2.	impenitent - impervious to moral persuasion unregenerated, unregenerate - not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"

impenitent

adjective

Devoid of remorse:

remorseless, unrepentant.

Translations

impenitente

impenitent

[ɪmˈpenɪtənt] ADJ → impenitente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

impenitent

adj → reuelos; he remained quite impenitent → er zeigte keine Reue, er bereute es gar nicht; to die impenitent → sterben, ohne bereut zu haben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impenitent

[ɪmˈpɛnɪt/ənt] adj → non pentito/a
she was quite impenitent about it → non ne era affatto pentita

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He was impenitent-- but were not public criminals impenitent?--yet the law decided on their fate.

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Die, impenitent, die in despair, die and be damned!" And drawing a poniard from beneath his robe he thrust it into the breast of the wounded man, saying, "Here is my absolution!"

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Captain Peleg, said Bildad steadily, thy conscience may be drawing ten inches of water, or ten fathoms, i can't tell; but as thou art still an impenitent man, captain Peleg, I greatly fear lest thy conscience be but a leaky one; and will in the end sink thee foundering down to the fiery pit, Captain Peleg.

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"With salt, o' course," said Salters, impenitent, reading the farming reports from a week-old New York paper.

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All these hardened and impenitent man-killers, to whom death in its awfulest forms is a fact familiar to their every-day observation; who sleep on hills trembling with the thunder of great guns, dine in the midst of streaming missiles, and play at cards among the dead faces of their dearest friends, - all are watching with suspended breath and beating hearts the outcome of an act involving the life of one man.

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As for those captive tribes, themselves were they Who wrought their own captivity, fell off From God to worship calves, the deities Of Egypt, Baal next and Ashtaroth, And all the idolatries of heathen round, Besides their other worse than heathenish crimes; Nor in the land of their captivity Humbled themselves, or penitent besought The God of their forefathers, but so died Impenitent, and left a race behind Like to themselves, distinguishable scarce From Gentiles, but by circumcision vain, And God with idols in their worship joined.

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She didn't know what impenitent wretches had been breathing within these walls in the time of that godless and wicked man who had planted every seed of perdition in "our Rita's" ill-disposed heart.

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Vengeance of the gods Is swift to overtake the impenitent.

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'You impenitent old heathen!' Creighton turned to Lurgan.

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A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor.

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He was done; and there we stood on the landing of the lonely house, the low, thick, eager voice still racing and ringing through our ears; the dead man below, and in front of us his impenitent slayer.

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I didn't know him outside the official building, but he leaned forward the desk to shake hands with me, compassionately, as one would with some poor devil going out to be hanged; and I am afraid I performed my part ungraciously, in the hardened manner of an impenitent criminal.

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