COMPUNCTION
\kəmpˈʌŋkʃən], \kəmpˈʌŋkʃən], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COMPUNCTION
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A pricking; stimulation.
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A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
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By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the sting of conscience.
By Thomas Sheridan
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