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单词 unpenitent
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unpenitentadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛnᵻt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛnət(ə)nt/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and penitent adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix1, penitent adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + penitent adj., after post-classical Latin impaenitent-, impaenitens impenitent adj.With the use as noun, compare penitent n.
Now somewhat rare.
A. adj.
Not penitent; unrepentant.
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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
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.
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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).
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