RESIPISCENCE
\ɹɪsɪpˈɪsəns], \ɹɪsɪpˈɪsəns], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ɪ_p_ˈɪ_s_ə_n_s]\
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By Noah Webster.
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res-i-pis'ens, n. change to a better frame of mind.--adj. RESIPIS'CENT, right-minded. [Fr.,--L. resipiscentia--resipisc[)e]re, to repent--re-, again, sap[)e]re, to be wise.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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[L.] Wisdom gained by experience; repentance.
By Henry Percy Smith
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