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Meaning of IMPENITENCE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the trait of refusing to repent
 

IMPENITENCE is a 11 letter word that starts with I.

 

 Synonyms: impenitency
 
 See Also: bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Im*pen"i*tence\, n. [L. impenitentia: cf. F.
imp['e]nitence.]
The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to
repent; hardness of heart.

      He will advance from one degree of wickedness and
      impenitence to another.                  --Rogers.

 

 

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