impenitency

Examples

• All

• The preacher warned that impenitency would lead to spiritual ruin.

• Historians noted the king’s impenitency in the face of widespread suffering.

• Despite his obvious guilt, his impenitency shocked those present in the courtroom.

• The judge noted her impenitency during the trial.

• His impenitency after committing the crime shocked everyone who knew him.

• The judge noted her impenitency and decided to impose a harsher sentence.

• Despite numerous warnings, his impenitency led him to continue down a destructive path.

Synonyms

I

impenitence

vsimpenitency

• Formal

9.9

Not feeling sorry for something you did wrong

is the same meaning but spelled with a different ending

U

unrepentance

vsimpenitency

8.9

Not feeling sorry or guilty for something bad you did

highlights a willful refusal to repent rather than just lack of regret

R

remorselessness

vsimpenitency

9.0

Not feeling pity or regret for other people's suffering

is about refusing to repent rather than lacking pity or compassion

Antonyms

R

remorse

156 4.5

A deep, painful feeling of regret and guilt after doing something wrong

P

penitence

4 7.9

A feeling of being sorry for something you did wrong

How Remorseful

contrition

• Formal

19 8.4

remorse

156 4.5

to regret

481 1.2

impenitency

• Formal

9.9

remorselessness

9.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology