irrepentance

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English

Etymology

From ir- +‎ repentance.

Noun

irrepentance (uncountable)

  1. Lack of repentance; impenitence.
    • 1648, J Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, page 140:
      And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance:

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