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impenitent

[im-pen-i-tuhnt] / ɪmˈpɛn ɪ tənt /
ADJECTIVE
unrepentant
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In Gainsborough’s painting Germain looks imperious and impenitent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

In Maxwell’s impenitent gaze, we could see the broader audacity of the Epstein affair.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 16, 2019

She loved that Lorraine was impenitent and fought out of professional duty, rather than to avenge, say, the loss of a husband or child.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

But her new employer, Politico Europe, was keen to appoint an impenitent to fire warning shots across the commission’s bow.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2015

By the 14th article, the accused was to be condemned as impenitent, if he persisted in his denials even after the publication of the testimony.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente




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