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| Compunctionless | a. Without compunction. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Compunction | n. [ OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent. ] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. [ 1913 Webster ] He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon. Syn. -- Compunction, Remorse, Contrition. Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | compunction | (คัมพังคฺ'เชิน) n. ความเสียใจต่อการกระทำ, ความไม่สบายใจหรือกระสับกระส่ายต่อสิ่งที่ได้กระทำไป., See also: compunctious adj., Syn. guilt, regret, repentance |
| | | | | | | Compunction | n. [ OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent. ] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. [ 1913 Webster ] He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon. Syn. -- Compunction, Remorse, Contrition. Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Compunctionless | a. Without compunction. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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