Added 10 October 2026
impenitent
/ɪmˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt/ adjective
Latin root: impaenitentem Wiktionary
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- Not penitent; specifically , not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
noun
- One who is not penitent.
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English impenitent (“not penitent, unrepentant”), from Latin impaenitentem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of impaenitēns (“unrepentant”), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + paenitēns (“contrite, penitent, regretting, repenting”) (the present active participle of paeniteō (“to be sorry, regret; to cause to repent; to repent”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”)). By surface analysis, im- + penitent. The noun is derived from the adjective.
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