Resipiscence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resipiscence \Res`i*pis"cence\ (r?s`?-p?s"sens), n. [L.
     resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf.
     F. r['e]sipiscence.]
     Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
     [R.] --Bp. Montagu.
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