locus poenitentiae
Meanings
noun
- The opportunity to withdraw from an ongoing process of committing oneself to an obligation, before such commitment is finalized; specifically, the opportunity to abstain from committing an intended crime before it is too late.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin, literally "place of repentance".
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