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Meanings of impenitent in English

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contumaz

Not penitent or remorseful.

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      Examples for "unrepentant"
      1
      An unrepentant Ginsberg maintained to the end that state censorship degrades democracy.
      Wired
      2
      But asked whether invading Iraq was a mistake Blair was strikingly unrepentant.
      The Guardian
      3
      He was unrepentant, and ended up 'evading justice' over the fatal accident.
      The South African
      4
      An unrepentant Andre Slade shows journalists why blacks and whites are different.
      The South African
      5
      In the aftermath of the competition in Germany, Pettersen was utterly unrepentant.
      The Guardian
      1
      Twenty years after the fact, though, at least one witness remained unremorseful.
      Wired
      2
      In it, an apparently unremorseful Singh blames rape squarely on women roaming in public places at night.
      The Guardian
      3
      How callous and unremorseful Daniel sounded?
      Torment
      4
      William Katipa, who raped three of his cellmates, was described as unremorseful and dangerous by Justice Downs at the High Court in Auckland today.
      Radio NZ
      5
      He was a skilled and unremorseful thief, preying mostly on unsuspecting children and always after checking to make sure neither Jenny nor I was watching.
      Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
      Usage of impenitent in English
      1
      The impious and impenitent city is doomed, and nothing can save it.
      Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
      2
      Hilda, in an impenitent sort of way, felt it to be so.
      Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
      3
      The impenitent have no promise of forgiveness, and therefore cannot have faith.
      An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
      4
      He kept away from the church, to be sure, and died impenitent.
      The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
      5
      Otherwise he might absolve me impenitent, which God himself could not do.
      Among My Books. Second Series
      6
      Clarence Glyndon-impervious, unconscious, unailing, impenitent-wasin noisy spirits, and talked for three.
      Zanoni
      7
      But when, Lord, wilt thou laugh at, and mock at, the impenitent?
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
      8
      Nor were the pupils wanting in interest for their impenitent parents.
      Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
      9
      He died impenitent, and did not mention me in his will.
      Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
      10
      And there, too, sainted relations continually warn the impenitent members of the tent-home.
      The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
      11
      Her prayers were perfumed with sighs, and cries, and tears for the impenitent.
      Gathering Jewels / The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam o...
      12
      Then Augustin, turning to the impenitent Donatist, said to him mildly:
      Saint Augustin
      13
      An impenitent life will bring upon us God's punishment in time and eternity.
      An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
      14
      At that rate impenitent ones like me had better lose none.
      A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
      15
      Others thought it might be the impenitent thief who was crucified beside Jesus.
      The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
      16
      Oh, impenitent soul, have you ever tried the power of prayer?
      New Tabernacle Sermons
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