compunction

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Hevwate

remorse

regret

penitence

sorrow

qualm

contrition

scruple

repentance

remorsefulness

self-reproach

bitterness

agenbite

conscience

demur

diffidence

disappointment

dissatisfaction

regretfulness

regrets

grief

gainbite

Werger

remords

componction

Gewissensbisse

compunzione

wroeging

berouw

Reue

pişmanlık

spijt

remorso

ندم

remordiment

rimorso

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: 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”).