as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
throughout her school years she cheated without compunction
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Recent Examples of compunction
And that includes absolutely no compunction about sharing the time Sharon decided to destroy husband Ozzy's drugs in an attempt to keep him sober.
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People Staff, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Neither do brave men or women stand by and see such things done without compunction of conscience, nor read of them without protest.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
On the other hand, Emirati officials have shown little compunction about doing business with Israeli settlers or investing in occupation infrastructure such as Israeli checkpoints.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Colvin never felt any ethical compunctions about selling solar panels.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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People Staff, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Neither do brave men or women stand by and see such things done without compunction of conscience, nor read of them without protest.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
On the other hand, Emirati officials have shown little compunction about doing business with Israeli settlers or investing in occupation infrastructure such as Israeli checkpoints.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Colvin never felt any ethical compunctions about selling solar panels.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for compunction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compunction
Noun
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The Star card is asking you to let go of doubts and instead focus on what aligns most with your goals.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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With dark brown fur and adorable, squeezable paws, there's no doubt your little one will adore this stuffy.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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At this point in its history, the theory goes, the United States requires a willful and largely unaccountable power to impose changes that leaders with more delicate sensibilities and procedural scruples cannot ever accomplish.—
Russell Muirhead,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before Hellerstein imposed the sentence, Javice stood to express remorse and to apologize.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere in the doc, Walt Weiss, a former detective for the Murphy Police Department who participated in the Conradt sting, shares his remorse over the situation.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Democrats countered that the GOP proposal actually is partisan, since Republicans are seeking to extend funding following the passage of a controversial spending bill that narrowly passed in July over the objections of all congressional Democrats.—
Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Burr’s take on the event comes as some comedians such as Shane Gillis, Marc Maron and David Cross have voiced objections to the festival, with Cross blasting comics — including citing Burr — who participated.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Make no qualms about it—fragrance is booming, and has been for the past five years like never before.—
Kayla Greaves,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Towne had no qualms about comparing King Henry to Adolf Hitler, that murderous German fascist, driving force of the Jewish Holocaust.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But in the small areas of freedom McAvoy allows himself outside the main thrust of the familiar rags-to-riches-to-regret arc there are sharp little digressions and darker shadowy corners that suggest there’s more to the film, and to McAvoy as a filmmaker, than initially meets the eye.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Coming after his success as a co-writer on partner Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar hit Barbie (2023), Jay Kelly appears to signal a new chapter for the Baumbach, one less defined by fracture and regret than by celebration.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The series’ first season, chronicling the crimes of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, prompted a conversation about the exploitation of Black and disabled people’s stories for entertainment, while the season following the Menendez Brothers led to a real-world reconsidering of their guilt.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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As anger fades into apathy and grief is aggravated by guilt, the public also chooses silence.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Compunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compunction. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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