impenitent

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt/

Adjective

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

   • A careless and impenitent heart.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     “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.”

Noun

impenitent (plural impenitents)

1. One who is not penitent.

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