| 单词 | without compunction |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout compunction b. In modern use, often in weakened sense, denoting a slight or passing regret for wrongdoing, or a feeling of regret for some slight offence (sometimes including pity for the person wronged; cf. 1d); esp. in such phrases as without compunction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > pity combined with remorse compunction1712 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > slight contrition compunction1712 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 448. ⁋3 I am left under the Compunction that I deserve, in so many different Places to be called a Trifler. 1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) ix. 93 It is ever with Reluctance and Compunction of Mind. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 319 With a degree of angry impatience, which soon turned into compunction, when he saw that she was almost..exhausted. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 502 They quitted it [the Reformed Communion] without compunction. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xix. 178 ‘Well, I don't exactly wish that’, she said, with some compunction. < as lemmas |
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