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noun
1.
a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2.
any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.
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Compunction
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| withdraw or remove from observation |
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compunction
mid-14c., from O.Fr. compunction (12c.), from L.L. compunctionem (nom. compunctio) "a pricking" (of conscience), from L. compunctus, pp. of compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com- intensive prefix + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early
EXPANDChurch writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
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