compunctionnoun [ U ]
uk/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/us/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/formala slight guilty feeling about something you have done or might do:
I wouldn't have any compunction about telling him to leave.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- heartache
- lament
- melancholy
- mourn
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
- sadly
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