Impenitence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impenitence \Im*pen"i*tence\, n. [L. impenitentia: cf. F.
     imp['e]nitence.]
     The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to
     repent; hardness of heart.
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           He will advance from one degree of wickedness and
           impenitence to another.                  --Rogers.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impenitence
       n : the trait of refusing to repent [syn: {impenitency}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  IMPENITENCE, n.  A state of mind intermediate in point of time between
  sin and punishment.