impenitent
Syllables: im·pen·it·ent/ɪmˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt/US/ɪmˈpɛnət(ə)nt/
impenitent adjective: not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
Adjective
impenitent
- Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
- [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.1532, Thomas More, “The Confutacion of [William] Tyndale’s Aunswere […]. The Recapitulacion of all Tyndalles Processe Concernyng the Churche, from the Begynning hetherto.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e....
- The caſe of impœnitent and notorious ſinners is not like vnto theirs vvhoſe onely imperfection is error ſeuered from pertinacie, error in appearance content to ſubmit it ſelfe to better inſtruction, error ſo farre already cured as to craue at our hands that Sacrament, the hatred and vtter refuſall...1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, book V, page 370
Noun
impenitent (plural impenitents)
- One who is not penitent.
- 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.1532, Thomas More, “The Confutacion of [William] Tyndale’s Aunswere […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn...
impenitent meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
impenitent in Urdu
- پکا پاپی
impenitent in Bengali
- অনুতপ্ত নয় এমন, অনুশোচনাহীন, পাষাণহৃদয়
impenitent in Malayalam
- unrepenting, unrepentant, uncontrite
- പശ്ചാത്തപിക്കാത്ത, പശ്ചാത്താപരഹിതനായ, പാപഭീതി നശിച്ച, അനനുശായിയായ, ചെയ്തുപോയതിനെപ്പറ്റി ഓർത്തു ദുഃഖിക്കാഅ, പശ്ചാതാപമില്ലാത്ത
Examples of impenitent in a sentence
- 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.1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] XI. False Joy.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […]...
- 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.1710 February 28 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele], “Friday, February 18, 1709–10”, in The...
Synonyms of impenitent
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Forms of impenitent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | impænitent |
| alternative hypercorrect (archaic) | impœnitent |
| Noun | |
| plural | impenitents |
Origin of impenitent
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English impenitent (“not penitent, unrepentant”), from Latin impaenitentem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of impaenitēns (“unrepentant”), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + paenitēns (“contrite, penitent, regretting, repenting”) (the present active participle of paeniteō (“to be sorry, regret; to cause to repent; to repent”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”)). By surface analysis, im- + penitent. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Words formed from impenitent
- impenitency
- impenitently
- impenitentness
- impenitible
Questions about impenitent
- What does impenitent mean?
- Impenitent means not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
- What is impenitent in Urdu?
- Impenitent in Urdu is پکا پاپی. See Impenitent meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use impenitent in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is impenitent?
- Impenitent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce impenitent?
- Impenitent is pronounced /ɪmˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt/ (UK).
Words near impenitent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impenitent (page history and authors); impenitent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Impenitent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impenitent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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