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Impenitency

Definition: Impenitency

Impenitency

Noun

1. The trait of refusing to repent.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impenitency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1649. (references)

Synonym: Impenitency

Synonym: impenitence (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Impenitency

Language Translations for "impenitency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

impenitencyay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

pişman olmama (impenitence). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự không hối cãi (impenitence, impenitentness), sự không ăn năn hối hận (impenitence, impenitentness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Impenitency"

Words rhyming with "impenitency" (pronounced 'Im*pen"i*ten*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy, Autocracy, Axinomancy, Bankruptcy, Baronetcy, Belomancy, Benignancy, Bibliomancy, Bivalency, Blatancy, Botanomancy, Brevetcy, Brillancy, Buoyancy, Bureaucracy, Cadency, Candidacy, Capnomancy, Captaincy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Cecutiency, Celibacy, Centripetency, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chaplaincy, Chartomancy, Chiromancy, Circumambiency, Clemency, Cleromancy, Cliency, Coadjuvancy, Coagency, Coefficacy, Coefficiency, Cogency, Coincibency, Colluctancy, Colonelcy, Commorancy, Compliancy, Complicacy, Concludency, Concordancy, Concubinacy, Concurrency, Congeneracy, Congruency, Connivency, Conservancy, Conspiracy, Constancy, Constituency, Contingency, Contumacy, Conversancy, Cornetcy, Correspondency, Coscinomancy, Couchancy, Crystallomancy, Curacy, Currency, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Dancy, Daphnomancy, Decency, Decipiency, Deficiency, Degeneracy, Delegacy, Delicacy, Delinquency, Deliracy, Delirancy, Delitescency, Demency, Democracy, Demonocracy, Dependency, Depopulacy, Despiciency, Despondency, Detergency, Determinacy, Diffidency, Diligency, Diplomacy, Disappendency, Disconsolacy, Discumbency, Disfancy, Disobediency, Displacency, Dissonancy, Distancy, Docimacy, Dormancy, Doulocracy, Dubitancy, Durancy, Effeminacy, Efficacy, Efflorescency, Effluency, Electro-thermancy, Emergency, Eminency, -ency, Enoptomancy, Ensigncy, Episcopacy, Equipendency, Equitancy, Equivalency, Equivocacy, Errancy, Esnecy, Excellency, Excrescency, Exigency, Existency, Exsiliency, Extacy, Extancy, Extravagancy, Extuberancy, Exuberancy, Fallacy, Fallency, Farcy, Feculency, Fermacy, fervency, Flagrancy, fleecy, flippancy, fluency, frequency, Fritinancy, Fugacy, Fulgency, Gastromancy, Geomancy, Gerontocracy, Gramercy, Gunocracy, Gynecocracy, Gyneocracy, Gynocracy, Gyromancy, Habiitancy, Hagiocracy, Haruspicy, hesitancy, Heterocercy, Hierocracy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Ichthyomancy, icy, Idiocracy, idiocy, Idiotcy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, Imitancy, immediacy, Immoderacy, Immoderancy, Impatiency, Impeccancy, Impertinency, Impolicy, Importancy, Importunacy, Impudency, inaccuracy, inadequacy, Incalescency, incessancy, Incidency, inclemency, Inconsideracy, inconsistency, inconstancy, Inconveniency, incumbency, indecency, Indeficiency, indelicacy, independency, Indifferency, Indigency, Indistancy, Indolency, Indulgency, inefficacy, inefficiency, inerrancy, INFANCY, Inmacy, Innitency, Innocency, Inordinacy, Insignificancy, Insitency, Insolency, insolvency, instancy, insufficiency, Intelligency, Intemperancy, Intendancy, Interagency, interdependency, Interluency, Intermediacy, Interregency, Intestacy, INTIMACY, Intolerancy, intricacy, Inveteracy, Inviolacy, Irregeneracy, Irrelavancy, Itineracy, Itinerancy, Jactancy, Jesuitocracy, Joyancy, juicy, Kakistocracy, Lasciviency, latency, Latitancy, Lecanomancy, legacy, legitimacy, Leucophlegmacy, Liegiancy, lieutenancy, Liquescency, literacy, lithomancy, Lucency, lunacy, Luxuriancy, Macilency, magistracy, Maledicency, -mancy, Manutenency, mediacy, mendicancy, mercy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, militancy, Ministracy, Mispolicy, Mobocracy, monocracy, Mordicancy, Mugiency, Myomancy, Nascency, Necromancy, Neocracy, Nomancy, Nomocracy, Nonproficiency, Nonsolvency, normalcy, Obduracy, Obeisancy, Observancy, Obstancy, Obstetricy, Obstinacy, Occupancy, Ochlocracy, Omnipresency, Omnisciency, Omphalomancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Opponency, Oppugnancy, Optimacy, Opulency, Oriency, Ornithomancy, Orphancy, Oscillancy, Oscitancy, pancy, Pantisocracy, Papacy, Parturiency, Patency, Peccancy, Pedantocracy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Pendency, Penitency, Pernancy, Perspicacy, Pervicacy, Pharmacy, Piquancy, piracy, Plangency, Plantocracy, Pliancy, Plutocracy, Poignancy, Polycracy, Polypharmacy, Populacy, Potency, Potentacy, Predisponency, Predominancy, Preexistency, Prefulgency, Pregnancy, Prejudicacy, Prelacy, Preoccupancy, Prepotency, Presidency, Prevalency, Prevenancy, Primacy, Privacy, Probacy, Procuracy, Profligacy, Prolificacy, Propendency, Prophecy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Impenitency

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-p-t-y"

-3 letters: eminency.

-4 letters: centime, eminent, impiety, nimiety.

-5 letters: cement, cymene, ectype, emetic, emetin, enmity, entice, icemen, incept, incite, intime, intine, meinie, nicety, ninety, pecten, pectin, penmen, pinene, pinite, pinyin, pitmen, pyemic, tenpin, tiepin, tinmen.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-p-t-y"
 

+1 letter: impertinency.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Impenitency


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6D 70 65 6E 69 74 65 6E 63 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .--.    .    -.    ..    -    .    -.    -.-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101101 01110000 01100101 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 01101110 01100011 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#109 &#112 &#101 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006D 0070 0065 006E 0069 0074 0065 006E 0063 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4379827180758671806991

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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