Im*pen"i*tent (?), a. [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens: cf. F. imp'enitent. See Penitent.]

Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

"They . . . died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.

 

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Im*pen"i*tent, n.

One who is not penitent.

[R.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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