as in doubts
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 compunctions
Russia and Ukraine show no compunctions about killing the civilians of their enemy.
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Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The boundaries of the world are delineated neatly by your compunctions.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The boundaries of the world are delineated neatly by your compunctions.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compunctions
Noun
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From the start, there have been doubts about whether former Mascotte police officer James Duckett was really guilty in the 1987 murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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There have been plenty of doubts about the Braves' starting rotation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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First-time Saturday Night Live host Colman Domingo has some qualms about what’s being pitched for his debut on the NBC show this weekend.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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The study was commissioned by the team to assuage future free agents’ qualms about the facilities after a viral online theory put forth the idea that injuries to a number of the players were due to where their training facility was situated.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Parliament Speaker Aung Lin Dwe said the appointments of 30 ministers were approved with no objections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Since the initial news of Gatewood’s filing with the IG, speculation regarding the content of the complaint has focused on ShotSpotter, the gunshot-detection technology formerly employed in parts of the city, which Johnson ended in the fall of 2024 over the objections of a majority of aldermen.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the squirrelly, middle-aged guy at the weird surplus store in northern Florida had no such scruples.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes, a billionaire has very questionable scruples as to the best ways to go about things.—
Jevon Phillips,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott have also shared their own misgivings about the superhero genre.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
31 Mar. 2026
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Like many Americans, a growing number have misgivings about the strong-arm tactics used by government immigration enforcement agents in places such as Minnesota.—
Alex Hinton,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Compunctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compunctions. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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