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resipiscence.

Recognition of one or more past mistakes, especially with a desire to improve in the future; repentance; (countable) an instance of this.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɹɛsɪˈpɪsn̩(t)s/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɹɛsəˈpɪsn̩(t)s/General-American

  1. Recognition of one or more past mistakes, especially with a desire to improve in the future; repentance; (countable) an instance of this.

    literary · uncountable · usually

  2. The act of becoming comprehending, reasonable or responsible, especially after having behaved in an uncomprehending, unreasonable, or irresponsible manner; the act of coming to one's senses; (countable) an instance of this.

    literary · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Middle French resipiscence (“act of recovering one’s senses or coming back to a more acceptable view; repentance”) (modern French résipiscence), or from its etymon Late Latin resipīscentia (“regaining of a clear state of mind, repentance”), from Latin resipīscēns + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Resipīscēns is the present participle of resipīscō (“to recover one’s senses; to revive”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sapiō (“to have flavour or taste; (figurative) to have good taste or discernment; to be sensible or wise”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -īscō (a variant of -ēscō (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘becoming [something]’)).

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