compunction
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compunction
- /kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/
Rhymes with -ʌŋkʃən
Where it comes from
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”).
noun compunctions
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A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
Besides, to do De Joinville justice, he felt, too, a degree of kindly compunction for the former harsh judgment entertained of one who so little deserved it; and—for there is no such thing in the human mind as an unmixed sensation—he was struck both with the spirit with which she resented, and the p
Similar: qualm, regret, remorse, agenbite, rue, ruth, compunction, contrition, guilt, penitence, repentance, self-reproach
Translations
Every language
noun pricking of conscience
| Español | compunción, remordimiento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 良心の呵責 ryōshin-no kashaku, 悔悟 kaigo |
| 中文 | 內疚 /内疚 nèijiù |
| Português | compunção |
| Français | scrupule, remords, componction |
| Deutsch | Gewissensbisse, Reue |
| Italiano | compunzione |
| Română | compuncțiune, remușcare, regret |
| Русский | угрызе́ния со́вести ugryzénija sóvesti, раска́яние raskájanije, сожале́ние sožalénije |
| العربية | نَدَم nadam, وَخَز الضَّمِير waḵaz aḍ-ḍamīr |
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title = {compunction},
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