Impenitent vs Impenitence - What's the difference?
impenitent | impenitence |
Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
* Bishop Hall
*1851 ,
*:“Captain Peleg,” said Bildad steadily, “thy conscience may be drawing ten inches of water, or ten fathoms, I can’t tell; but as thou art still an impenitent man, Captain Peleg, I greatly fear lest thy conscience be but a leaky one; and will in the end sink thee foundering down to the fiery pit, Captain Peleg.”
The property of being impenitent, of lacking penitence, of not being regretful of wrongs done.
As nouns the difference between impenitent and impenitence
is that impenitent is one who is not penitent while impenitence is the property of being impenitent, of lacking penitence, of not being regretful of wrongs done.As an adjective impenitent
is not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.impenitent
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Adjective
(head)- A careless and impenitent heart.