résipiscence

See also: resipiscence

French

Etymology

From Middle French resipiscence (“act of recovering one’s senses or coming back to a more acceptable view; repentance”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin resipīscentia (“regaining of a clear state of mind, repentance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.si.pi.sɑ̃s/

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Noun

résipiscence f (uncountable)

1. (literary) repentance, resipiscence

   Synonym: repentir

Further reading

• “résipiscence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.