IMPENITENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impenitent mean? 

• IMPENITENT (adjective)
  The adjective IMPENITENT has 2 senses:

1. not penitent or remorseful

2. impervious to moral persuasion

  Familiarity information: IMPENITENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPENITENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not penitent or remorseful

Synonyms:

impenitent; unremorseful; unrepentant

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

Similar:

unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)