Synonyms for impenitent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : im-pen-i-tuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛn ɪ tənt

Définition of impenitent

Origin : early 15c., from Latin impaenitentem, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + paenitens (see penitence).

adj unrepentant

Example sentences :

The impenitent have no promise of forgiveness, and therefore cannot have faith.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

If my father had failed to escape, and had been hung, he would have died hardened and impenitent.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Justice, however, remained to be done on the hardened and impenitent.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Her prayers were perfumed with sighs, and cries, and tears for the impenitent.
Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

For the scourge would fall destructively on the impenitent alone.
Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

I avow myself an impenitent Shakesperian in this respect also.
Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury

This was the first prayer I had offered for years; for I had been an impenitent woman.
Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society

The German sniper is really a lineal descendant of the impenitent thief.
Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie

This is as long as he is impenitent, an unbeliever and refuser.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard

I've told her all my sins, but I've not told her that I'm impenitent.
Extract from : « The Intrusions of Peggy » by Anthony Hope

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