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Synonyms for compunction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh m-puhngk-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpʌŋk ʃən

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Définition of compunction

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
  • noun regret, sorrow
Example sentences :
  • His tone was filled full to overflowing with compunction as he answered.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Hers was not the nature to spare him, and she had no compunction.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Mr. Don rises, wincing, and Dick also is at once on his feet, full of compunction.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • But the minister, filled with compunction, took her up in his arms.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • A sudden feeling of shame brought with it one of compunction.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Will the creature feel any compunction at tyrannizing over them?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The young man felt a sudden pang of compunction, a twinge of conscience.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Has ravening aspiration any compunction; any contrite visitings of nature?
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • A moment's compunction rose in him at what he was about to do.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • Well, just try to remember how many instances of compunction you have seen.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

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