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IMPENITENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impenitency mean?
• IMPENITENCY (noun)
The noun IMPENITENCY has 1 sense:
1. the trait of refusing to repent
Familiarity information: IMPENITENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of refusing to repent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
impenitence; impenitency
Hypernyms ("impenitency" is a kind of...):
bullheadedness; obstinacy; obstinance; pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness (resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires)
Derivation:
impenitent (not penitent or remorseful)
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