Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - compunction
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If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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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