unrepenting
Refusing to apologize
Unrepenting means showing no remorse or regret for one's actions.
Someone unrepenting refuses to acknowledge wrongdoing or feel sorry: He remained unrepenting despite the harm he'd caused.
The word carries moral weight, suggesting defiance or hardness of heart where contrition might be expected.
Unrepentant is the more common form.
Feeling no regret
- unremorsefulFeeling no guilt afterward
- unashamedLacking guilt or remorse
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
guiltless · unregenerate · hardened · callous · hardhearted · cold-blooded · pitiless · merciless
Openly resisting control
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- mutinousDisposed to revolt
insurgent · dissenting · resistant · noncompliant · uncooperative · oppositional · challenging · provocative
Refusing to change course
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
bullheaded · pigheaded · dogged · pertinacious · opinionated · self-willed · stiff-necked · wrongheaded
Fixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- unswervingFirmly constant in direction
unshakeable · immovable · unbending · unflinching · tenacious · persistent · determined · staunch
impenitent
Feeling no regret
- unremorsefulFeeling no guilt afterward
- unashamedLacking guilt or remorse
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
shameless · guiltless · unregenerate · hardened · callous · hardhearted · cold-blooded · pitiless · merciless · ruthless
defiant
Openly resisting control
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
mutinous · insurgent · dissenting · resistant · noncompliant · uncooperative · oppositional · challenging · provocative · brazen
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · bullheaded · pigheaded · dogged · pertinacious · opinionated · self-willed · stiff-necked · wrongheaded · contrary
resolute
Fixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
unswerving · unshakeable · immovable · unbending · unflinching · tenacious · persistent · determined · staunch · firm
repentant, repentance, repent, unrepentant, repenting, repented, unrepeated, unrepealed, unrepented