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compunction

noun
/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).

  1. derived from compunctus
  2. derived from compunctionem
  3. derived from compunction
  4. inherited from compunccion

Definitions

  1. A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or…

    A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

    • His age—his kindness, disarmed Pen’s anger somewhat, and made Arthur feel no little compunction for the deed which he was about to do.
    • [H]e would have had no compunction whatever in flinging him out of the highest window in Venice into the deepest water of the city.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA