impenitently
Lacking any contrition
Impenitently means without remorse or regret, showing no inclination to apologize or feel sorry.
Someone who acts impenitently refuses to acknowledge wrongdoing or express contrition: She impenitently continued her criticism despite the backlash.
The word carries a note of defiance—not just lacking guilt, but declining to perform it.
Showing no remorse
- unashamedLacking guilt or remorse
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
- guiltlessNot at fault
unregretful · hardened · callous · cold-hearted · heartless · unmoved · unfeeling · incorrigible
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- contumaciouslyIn willfully disobedient manner
- recalcitrantlyIn defiant, uncooperative manner
- disobedientlyIn a rule-breaking manner
audaciously · boldly · brazenly · insolently · provocatively · mutinously · challengingly · dissentingly
In an unyielding manner
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
- bullheadedlyWith stubborn refusal to yield
- headstronglyWith stubborn willfulness
- mulishlyWith stubborn refusal
willfully · doggedly · pertinaciously · intransigently · unbendingly · pigheadedly · immovably · uncompromisingly
unapologetic
Showing no remorse
- unashamedLacking guilt or remorse
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
guiltless · unregretful · hardened · callous · cold-hearted · heartless · unmoved · unfeeling · incorrigible · unreformed
rebelliously
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- contumaciouslyIn willfully disobedient manner
- recalcitrantlyIn defiant, uncooperative manner
disobediently · audaciously · boldly · brazenly · insolently · provocatively · mutinously · challengingly · dissentingly · resistant
obstinately
In an unyielding manner
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
- bullheadedlyWith stubborn refusal to yield
- headstronglyWith stubborn willfulness
mulishly · willfully · doggedly · pertinaciously · intransigently · unbendingly · pigheadedly · immovably · uncompromisingly · obdurately
impenitentlypenitently
With sincere regret
contritely · repentantly · apologetically · remorsefully · regretfully