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“Penitent” means “showing remorse for having done wrong”: it’s where the word “penitentiary” comes from. So “impenitent” means the opposite: it means he’s not sorry for anything he’s done, any crime he’s committed. And it’s been spelled wrong, because it’s a prison tattoo.
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