Definition for IM'PU-DENCE

IM'PU-DENCE, n. [Fr. from L. impudens; in and pudens, from pudeo, to be ashamed.]

Shamelessness; want of modesty; effrontery; assurance accompanied with a disregard of the opinions of others. Those clear truths, that either their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny. Locke.

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