compunction
Meaning
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
Synonyms
Translations
remords
Gewissensbisse
compunzione
wroeging
pişmanlık
remorso
ندم
remordimentPronounced as (IPA)
/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/
Etymology
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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