resipiscence

British

/ ˌrɛsɪˈpɪsəns /

noun

literary acknowledgment that one has been mistaken

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Other Word Forms

resipiscent

adjective

Etymology

Origin of resipiscence

C16: from Late Latin resipiscentia , from resipiscere to recover one's senses, from Latin sapere to know

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