KJV Dictionary Definition: impenitency

impenitency

IMPEN'ITENCY, n. L. in and poenitens, from poeniteo, to repent, poena, pain. Want of penitence or repentance; absence of contrition or sorrow for sin; obduracy; hardness of heart. Final impenitence dooms the sinner to inevitable punishment.

He will advance from one degree of impenitence to another.

impenitent

IMPEN'ITENT, a. Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; obdurate; of a hard heart.

They died Impenitent.

IMPEN'ITENT, n. One who does not repent; a hardened sinner.

impenitently

IMPEN'ITENTLY, adv. Without repentance or contrition for sin; obdurately.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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