compunction

Significat (Anglès)

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

Conceptes

remordiment

dolor

compunció

Sinònims

remorse

regret

penitence

sorrow

qualm

contrition

scruple

repentance

remorsefulness

self-reproach

bitterness

agenbite

conscience

demur

diffidence

disappointment

dissatisfaction

regretfulness

regrets

grief

gainbite

Traduccions

remords

compunzione

Gewissensbisse

componction

wroeging

berouw

pişmanlık

Reue

remorso

escrúpulo

ندم

rimorso

spijt

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: compunccion

In summary

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).