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Definition of Compunction
Compunction

A pricking; stimulation.

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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Compunction Translations

compunction in French is remords
compunction in German is Gewissensbisse
compunction in Swedish is samvetsagg


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