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noun Etymology: Middle English compunccioun, from Anglo-French ~, from Late Latin ~-, compunctio, from Latin compungere to prick hard, sting, from com- + pungere to prick — more at pungent Date: 14th century 1. a. anxiety arising from awareness of guilt ~s of conscience b. distress of mind over an anticipated action or result showed no ~ in planning devilish engines of…destruction — Havelock Ellis 2. a twinge of misgiving ; scruple cheated without ~ Synonyms: see penitence, qualm • compunctious adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (usu. with neg.) 1 the pricking of the conscience. 2 a slight regret; a scruple (without compunction; have no compunction in refusing him). Derivatives compunctious adj. compunctiously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF componction f. eccl.L compunctio -onis f. L compungere compunct- (as com-, pungere prick) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. угрызения совести, раскаяние 2. сожаление to go smth. without compunction —- сделать что-л без сожаления ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1340, from O.Fr. compunction, from L.L. compunctionem (nom. compunctio) "a pricking" (of conscience), from L. compunctus, pp. of compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com- intensive prefix + pungere "to prick." Used in fig. sense by early Church writers. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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