compunctions

plural of compunction

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of compunctions 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
  • The high-profile indictment comes as both major parties accuse each other of weaponizing the justice system, compounding doubts surrounding its integrity among Americans.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There was Flaherty, the up-and-down starter who dispelled doubts with two innings of scoreless relief, complete with a double-play escape act.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
  • George said George Clooney has no qualms about finding fame later in life — in part thanks to his aunt, the late Rosemary Clooney.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But over these objections, the school administration, following district protocol, facilitated the sixth grader’s in-school gender transition behind their backs, Foote and Silvestri told the Supreme Court.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • However, there have been widespread objections over these facilities’ potential resource depletion, particularly water.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The misgivings were only his imagination.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hart acknowledges his son and brings him into the family fold, despite clear misgivings.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Compunctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compunctions. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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