impenitence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of refusing to repent
    impenitency.

WordNet

Im*pen"i*tence noun
Etymology
L. impenitentia: cf. F. impénitence.
Definitions
  1. The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
    He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to another. Rogers.

Webster 1913