Definition of compunction

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Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

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Compunct :: Compunct (a.) Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.
Remordency :: Remordency (n.) Remorse; compunction; compassion.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Compunctionless :: Compunctionless (a.) Without compunction.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
Butcherly :: Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
Compunctiously :: Compunctiously (adv.) With compunction.
Compunctious :: Compunctious (a.) Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction..
Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To feel compunction or grief.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Dedolent :: Dedolent (a.) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
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