Look up: compunction


  1. compunction
    feeling of regret for one's action 
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  2. compunction
    [Noun] Doing something without compunction means that you feel no guilt or shame about doing it.
    Example: She felt no compunction about cancelling her date with George and going out with Bob instead.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  3. compunction
    [n] - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=compunction

  4. Compunction
    Com·punc'tion noun [ Old French compunction , French componction , Latin compunctio , from compungere , compunctum , to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent .] 1. A prick...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/125

  5. compunction
    remorse noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=compunction

  6. Compunction
    • (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. • (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/compunction/

  7. compunction
    compunction 1. A strong feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret or guilt for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse; penitence. 2. Any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action. 3. A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing o...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1798/2

  8. compunction
    1) Feeling of regret for one's action
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/compunction/1

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