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(r?sˊ?-p?s′sens)

Noun.

[L.

resipiscentia

, from

resipiscere

to recover one’s senses: cf. F.

résipiscence

Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.

[R.]

Bp. Montagu.

Noun.

[L. resipisco, from resipio; re and sapio, to taste.]

Properly, wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [Little used.]

See also: résipiscence

resipiscence ‎(usually uncountable, plural resipiscences)

(chiefly literary) Repentance; recognition of a past mistake, especially with a desire to improve in the future. [from 16th c.]