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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
Noun
résipiscence f (uncountable)
- (literary) repentance, resipiscence
- Synonym: repentir
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