compunction[noun]Synonyms: penitence, attrition, contriteness, contrition, penance, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, qualm, conscience, demur, scruple, squeam
Contrasted words: brazenness, callousness, hardness, insensitivity, disinterest, indifference, unconcern, obduracy, recalcitrance
Related Words: conscience,
conscientiousness,
punctiliousness,
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness,
disinclination,
hesitancy,
hesitation [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
com‧punc‧tion /kəmˈpʌŋkʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable usually in negatives] formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: componction, from Late Latin, from Latin compungere 'to sting', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + pungere (, pungent)]
a feeling that you should not do something because it is bad or wrong
have/feel no compunction about (doing) something
He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs. They used their tanks against the leftists without compunction. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲