Im-pĕn'i-tençe or Im-pĕn'i-ten-cy, n.

n. [Fr. impénitence, Sp. impenitencia, It. impenitenza, Lat. impenitentia.] The condition of being impenitent; want of penitence or repentance; obduracy of heart. He will advance from one degree of impenitence to another. Rogers.