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Definition of impenitent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

impenitent

adjective

/ɪmˈpenɪtənt/

/ɪmˈpenɪtənt/

(formal)

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not feeling ashamed or sorry about something bad you have done
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin impaenitent- ‘not repenting’, from Latin in- ‘not’ + paenitere ‘repent’.

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