Impenitency

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of impenitence. alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Let us therfore, […] amend our Lives vvith all ſpeed; leſt through impenitency vve run into that Stupidity, vvhich vve novv ſeek all means ſo vvarily to avoid, […]"

  2. 2
    the trait of refusing to repent wordnet

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"Let us therfore, […] amend our Lives vvith all ſpeed; leſt through impenitency vve run into that Stupidity, vvhich vve novv ſeek all means ſo vvarily to avoid, […]"

Etymology

From impenitent.

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