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compunction

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Main Entry: com·punc·tion
Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpəŋ(k)-shən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English compunccioun, from Anglo-French compunction, from Late Latin compunction-, compunctio, from Latin compungere to prick hard, sting, from com- + pungere to prick — more at pungent
Date: 14th century

1 a : anxiety arising from awareness of guilt <compunctions of conscience> b : distress of mind over an anticipated action or result <showed no compunction in planning devilish engines of…destruction — Havelock Ellis>
2 : a twinge of misgiving : scruple <cheated without compunction>

synonyms see penitence, qualm

com·punc·tious \-shəs\ adjective


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