irrepentance

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noun

Lack of repentance; impenitence.

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Meanings

nounirrepentance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of repentance; impenitence.

    And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]

    1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 140

Origin

From ir- + repentance.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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