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[Noun] | "com*punc*tion" | \ kəm-ˈpəŋ(k)-shən \
1: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
2: distress of mind over an anticipated action or result
3: a twinge of misgiving : scruple
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English compunccioun, from Anglo-French compunction, from Late Latin compunction-, compunctio, from Latin compungere to prick hard, sting, from com- + pungere to prick {mat|pungent|};
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[Adjective] | "compunctious"
1: feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done;
* e.g., " ... he appeared not the least bit compunctious about ditching his friends at the restaurant and leaving them to pay the bill "
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