单词 | unpenitent |
释义 | unpenitentadj.n. Now somewhat rare. A. adj. Not penitent; unrepentant. ΘΚΠ 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 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. ii. sig. f Yf I were neuer repentaunt for my offence but dyed unpenytent than god of his iustyce muste gyue me eternall punyshment. 1536 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Fryday sig. Hivv God..wyll condempne to deathe ye presumptuouse synner, the vpenitent person, the wretchid lyuer. 1614 W. Cowper Mirrour of Mercie 233 So come they to the house of God vnpenitent, and goeth out vnpenitent. 1742 J. Guthrie Ordinary of Newgate no. 1. 4/1 This will be the Portion of all unpenitent hardened Sinners. a1795 A. Gerard Pastoral Care (1799) ii. i. §v. 182 Neither the mercies of God, nor the purchase of Christ, will be extended to any who remain unpenitent in sin. 1811 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1809 2 ii. 640 Fearless, unpenitent, unblest, Without a prayer they sunk to rest. 1856 Fraser's Mag. May 565/1 The culprit..returned unpenitent and unconvinced. 1920 K. N. Burt Hidden Creek i. v. 41 Sheila was sober again and not unpenitent. 1992 Times 2 Dec. 30/5 Donovan..attacked the chorus..from a curiously unpenitent kneeling position. B. n. With the and plural agreement: unpenitent people as a class. Also as a count noun: an unpenitent person. ΚΠ 1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 25 The vnpenitent tourne the Angelles to mournyng, and therefore are faine to bee without their helpe and defence. 1602 H. Clapham Song of Songs: 1st Pt. Expounded i. iiii. sig. B6v The sauing promises of the Gospel are not to be applied to the open vnpenitent. 1630 D. Forbes tr. P. Nicolai Chronologica Sacra sig. E5v Feare..the Devill, in that hee is appointed for a tormenter of all vnpenitents. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 275 The Apostles had not the Power to deny Baptisme; nor to grant it to the Un-penitent. 1833 Preacher 11 July 69/1 The darkness and the disorder of that moral chaos in which the unpenitent shall spend their eternity. 1922 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 26 Dec. 4/2 His [sc. God's] repeated declarations regarding the danger of the unpenitent are of no more worth than the telling of a fable. 1996 L. Hardinge Dove of Gold xii. 129 The Spirit of judgment consumed the unpenitent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1530 |
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