resipiscence

== English == === Etymology === 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]’)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛsɪˈpɪsn̩(t)s/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛsəˈpɪsn̩(t)s/ Hyphenation: re‧si‧pisc‧ence === Noun === resipiscence (usually uncountable, plural resipiscences) (chiefly literary) (uncountable) Recognition of one or more past mistakes, especially with a desire to improve in the future; repentance; (countable) an instance of this. [from 16th c.] (uncountable) 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. ==== Related terms ==== resipiscency (obsolete) resipiscent sapience sapient ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === repentance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia