resipiscence

You're right, palooka. I feel resipiscence about not having used this word more often. ;-)

Beautiful word and fun to say. I'd love to see it used more often.

Recognition of past mistakes and desire to do better in future. "It is derived from Latin resipiscere which means 'to recover one's senses,' and is a useful term for any member of the business community to remember." (From Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, by Christopher Foyle.)