irrepentance

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English

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Etymology

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From ir- +‎ repentance.

Noun

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irrepentance (uncountable)

  1. Lack of repentance; impenitence.
    • 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. [], London: [] Nath[aniel] 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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