| 单词 |
impenitent |
| 释义 |
impenitent, a. and n.|ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt|
Also 6 -pœn-.
[ad. L. impænitēnt-em (Jerome), also erron. impœn-, f. im- (im-2) + pænitens penitent. Cf. F. impénitent (1570 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. adj. Not penitent or repentant; having no contrition or sorrow for sin; unrepentant, obdurate.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 613/1 [They] will..wepe and repent in hell this foolish fruitlesse fashion of their impenitent repentance. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) Rom. ii. 5 After thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxviii. §8 Impœnitent and notorious sinners. 1709Steele Tatler No. 135 ⁋2 Impenitent Criminals and Malefactors. 1898J. Caird Univ. Serm. vii. 142 With God, to forgive an impenitent man and to continue to punish a penitent are equally impossible.
B. n. An impenitent or unrepentant person.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 525/1 In thys kynde are there penitentes and impenitentes bothe. 1631High Commission Cases (Camden) 207 That the body of the impenitent went not presently to hell but was condemned to hell when he dyed. 1734Watts Reliq. Juv. xxiii. Distant Thunder, These dark clouds..hang over the nations, and are just ready to be discharged on the head of impenitents.
Hence imˈpenitentness, impenitency.
1727Bailey vol. II, Impenitentness, impenitence, unrelentingness. |
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