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Impenitent

Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

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Unregenerate 84% connected

Alt. of Unregenerated

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Unregenerate 84% connected

Alt. of Unregenerated

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Unregenerated 84% connected

Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

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Unregenerated 84% connected

Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

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Impenitence 74% connected

The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

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Impenitence 74% connected

The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

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Unregenerated 66% connected

Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

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Unregenerated 66% connected

Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

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Penitent 94% connected

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

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Penitent 94% connected

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

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Absolution noun · 78% connection

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgi…

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Antanaclasis noun · 78% connection

A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has a…

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Atrium noun · 78% connection

The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

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Attrite adjective · 78% connection

Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

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Auricle noun · 78% connection

The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles;…

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Broken verb · 78% connection

Subdued; humbled; contrite.

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac massage noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…

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Cardiac murmur noun · 78% connection

an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Confessional noun · 78% connection

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the pr…

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Contrite noun · 78% connection

A contrite person.

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Contrition noun · 78% connection

The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentan…

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Defibrillator noun · 78% connection

an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore…

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Diastolic pressure noun · 78% connection

the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with…

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Dicentra noun · 78% connection

A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more sho…

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Hard superl. · 78% connection

Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard…

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Hardpan noun · 78% connection

The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

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