Meaning of locus poenitentiae | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

uncountable

Examples

“There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiæ^([sic]) have⟳ been supplied to him. He grieved bitterly over his own⟳ ill doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have⟳ demanded from him. Whether or no he had gone too far for all changes—whether the locus penitentiæ was for him still a possibility—that was between him and a higher power.”

CEFR level