uncontriteadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > impenitent
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
unremorseful1598
unashamed1600
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unapologetic1892
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > impenitence > [adjective]
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
obdureda1500
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
obdure?1590
unreclaimed1591
unremorseful1598
unconfessing1641
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unatoning1838
unapologetic1892
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 167 Sche wolde noȝt leve here synne & dyed vncontrite.
1509 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 86 I shall..thynke on my synne that no thynge of it be vncontryte & vnconfessed.
1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. i. iii. 84 [The priest] by absolving an uncontrite sinner, cannot sure make him contrite.
1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 96 Even though unabsolved, not uncontrite.
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