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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•punc•tion /kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [usually with negative words]- a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong;
remorse: [uncountable]The victim felt no compunction in shooting the teens who had attacked him.[countable]The student had no compunctions about cheating. See -punct-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•punc•tion (kəm pungk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain;
contrition; remorse. - any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.
- Late Latin compūnctiōn- (stem of compūnctiō), equivalent. to Latin compūnct(us), past participle of compungere to prick severely (com- com- + pungere to prick; compare point) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English compunccion (1350–1400
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