adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʌn.ɹəˈpɛn.tənt/
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CMU ARPABET:AH2 N R IH0 P EH1 N T AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH2 N R IY0 P EH1 N T AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Feeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impenitent, unremorseful
Antonyms: repentant
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cussed, obdurate, obstinate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English repentant English unrepentant From un- + repentant.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
неразкаял се
(nerazkajal se)
— showing no regret
Dutch:
onberouwvol
— showing no regret
Dutch:
onboetvaardig
— showing no regret
Finnish:
katumaton
— showing no regret
French:
impénitent
— showing no regret
German:
reuelos
— showing no regret
German:
unverbesserlich
— showing no regret
German:
verstockt
— showing no regret
Greek:
αμετανόητος
(ametanóitos)
— showing no regret
Ancient Greek:
ἀμετανόητος
(ametanóētos)
— showing no regret
Hungarian:
megrögzött
— showing no regret
Hungarian:
megátalkodott
— showing no regret
Hungarian:
megbánást nem tanúsító
— showing no regret
Japanese:
悔い改めない
(kui-aratamenai)
— showing no regret
Japanese:
心が頑固な
(kokoro ga ganko na)
— showing no regret