impenitency en · NOUN
Etymology
From impenitent.
Meanings
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(alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually) Archaic form of impenitence.
alt of impenitence
Let us therfore, […] amend our Lives vvith all ſpeed; leſt through impenitency vve run into that Stupidity, vvhich vve novv ſeek all means ſo vvarily to avoid, […]
1673, John Milton, Of True Religion, Heresie, Schism, Toleration, and What Best Means may be Us’d against the Growth of Popery. […]; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume II, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 812:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impenitencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |