The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resipiscence
Resipiscence \Res`i*pis"cence\ (r?s`?-p?s"sens), n. [L.
resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf.
F. r['e]sipiscence.]
Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
[R.]
--Bp. Montagu.
Wiktionary
resipiscence
n. (context chiefly literary English) repentance; recognition of a past mistake, especially with a desire to improve in the future. (from 16th c.)
Usage examples of "resipiscence".
It was the object of the Inquisition that such people should not indeed be spared, but should not perish without a trial and without opportunity of resipiscence, so that they might save their souls if not their lives.