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IMPENITENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not penitent or remorseful

Synonyms:

impenitent; unremorseful; unrepentant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)

unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)

Antonym:

penitent (feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds)

Derivation:

impenitence; impenitency (the trait of refusing to repent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Impervious to moral persuasion

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)

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