résipiscence

See also: resipiscence

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin resipīscentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.si.pi.sɑ̃s/

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Noun

résipiscence f (uncountable)

1. (literary) repentance, resipiscence

   Synonym: repentir

Further reading

• “résipiscence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.