impenitence
pronunciation
How to pronounce impenitence in British English:
UK [ɪm'penɪtəns]
How to pronounce impenitence in American English:
US [ɪm'penətəns]
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- Noun:
- the trait of refusing to repent
Word Origin
- impenitence (n.)
- 1620s, from Latin impaenitentia, from impaenitens (see impenitent). Impenitency is from 1560s.
Example
- 1. Legal proof was thus provided , in accordance with all due observances , as the order of law demands in a matter of this kind , regarding his impenitence and final obstinacy .
- 2. When god shall begin to deliver his people , they will be in a state of impenitence , and disposed rather to continue among the gentiles and walk in their own ways than return to their own land .