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noun, feminine

résipiscence

/ʁe.si.pi.sɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/ʁe.si.pi.sɑ̃s/

repentance, resipiscence

Synonyms: repentir

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”).