compunction

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).

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