See Also: impenitent(medicine)
impenitent(dictionary)

impenitent (iou)



impenitent adjective & noun. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin impaenitent-, formed as IM-2 + paenitent-: see PENITENT adjective. Cf. French impenitent.]
A. adjective. Not penitent; having no contrition for sin; obdurate, unrepentant. LME.
J. Caird To forgive an impenitent man and to continue to punish a penitent are equally impossible.
b. noun. An impenitent person. M16.
impenitently adverb M17.