Irrepentance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of repentance; impenitence. uncountable

    "And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]"

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"And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]"

Etymology

From ir- + repentance.

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