compunction

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

compunzione

rimorso

pena

pentimento

rimordimento

sinonimi

remorse

regret

penitence

sorrow

qualm

contrition

scruple

repentance

remorsefulness

self-reproach

bitterness

agenbite

conscience

demur

diffidence

disappointment

dissatisfaction

regretfulness

regrets

grief

gainbite

Traduzioni

remords

componction

Gewissensbisse

berouw

wroeging

Reue

pişmanlık

escrúpulo

remorso

remordimiento

ندم

remordiment

spijt

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: 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”).