Definition of compunction in English:

compunction

noun kəmˈpʌŋkʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n

mass noun, usually with negative A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
they used their tanks without compunction
Example sentencesExamples
- The courts have no similar compunction about making injunctions to prevent torts and these have very much the same effect.
- The ability to trample the rights of fellow human beings without compunction is rooted in a belief that the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual.
- How can soldiers, who are trained to kill enemy combatants without compunction, be decompressed and integrated back into civilian life?
- Designed with love, it will be destroyed without compunction.
- But I can, without compunction, recommend the film purely on its own merits.
- He attacked the credibility of alleged accomplices who had turned state witness, saying there was little doubt that they had lied without compunction.
- Altogether this provided an ideological charter for the most extreme action, without compunction or remorse.
- In the marketplace everything becomes a commodity and all workers become wage slaves who can be fired without compunction.
- He has no shame and no compunction about throwing around baseless, false accusations such as liar, theft and fraud.
- If the ancient human habit of taking what we want without understanding, without compassion, and without compunction continues unrestricted, it will lead us to extinction.
- For it is clear they would do the same again, both in America and around the world, without compunction or hesitation.
- The truth is that the average consumer today has no moral compunction about beating the system.
- The ‘nice’ party has been revealed as no such thing - rather, enthusiastically and without compunction, it destroyed its greatest electoral asset, a leader who had delivered its finest hour only months before.
- You will kill without compunction and die without complaint.
- She clutched the bundle of wood to her chest like a shield and lied without compunction.
- We call them sociopaths because they will cheerfully cheat or attack others without compunction.
- Hence his way of life can be sacrificed without compunction, and his protests go unheard.
- The teachers themselves organise photocopying of books without any moral compunction, assuming that they are after all helping their students.
- V operates without compunction or mercy, and his brand of enforced anarchy is just as dictatorial as the forces to which he is opposed.
- Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction?
Synonyms
scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, hesitation, hesitancy, doubts, reluctance, reservations
guilt, feelings of guilt, guilty conscience, pangs/twinges of conscience, remorse, regret, contrition, contriteness, self-reproach, repentance, penitence

Derivatives

compunctious

adjective kəmˈpʌŋkʃəskəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃəs

Characterized by guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
compunctious feelings of apprehension
Example sentencesExamples
- The actual audience, like the heavenly one, can peep through the blanket of stage dark, and what it sees is that a compunctious visiting of nature prevents Lady Macbeth from carrying out the act at all.
- And yet the point remains: the true psychopath has not in the first place the compunctious visitings whose passage needs to be stopped up.
- We are so conscientious and compunctious and compassionate that we did the EIA as early as in 1988 for the 2007 project.

compunctiously

adverbkəmˈpʌŋkʃəslikəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃəsli

Origin

Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere 'prick sharply', from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere 'to prick'.

Rhymes

conjunction, dysfunction, expunction, function, junction, malfunction, multifunction, unction

Definition of compunction in US English:

compunction

nounkəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəNG(k)SH(ə)n

usually with negative A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
spend the money without compunction
he had no compunction about behaving blasphemously
Example sentencesExamples
- He attacked the credibility of alleged accomplices who had turned state witness, saying there was little doubt that they had lied without compunction.
- The ability to trample the rights of fellow human beings without compunction is rooted in a belief that the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual.
- He has no shame and no compunction about throwing around baseless, false accusations such as liar, theft and fraud.
- Designed with love, it will be destroyed without compunction.
- For it is clear they would do the same again, both in America and around the world, without compunction or hesitation.
- The truth is that the average consumer today has no moral compunction about beating the system.
- The ‘nice’ party has been revealed as no such thing - rather, enthusiastically and without compunction, it destroyed its greatest electoral asset, a leader who had delivered its finest hour only months before.
- Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction?
- But I can, without compunction, recommend the film purely on its own merits.
- Hence his way of life can be sacrificed without compunction, and his protests go unheard.
- In the marketplace everything becomes a commodity and all workers become wage slaves who can be fired without compunction.
- How can soldiers, who are trained to kill enemy combatants without compunction, be decompressed and integrated back into civilian life?
- V operates without compunction or mercy, and his brand of enforced anarchy is just as dictatorial as the forces to which he is opposed.
- You will kill without compunction and die without complaint.
- We call them sociopaths because they will cheerfully cheat or attack others without compunction.
- The courts have no similar compunction about making injunctions to prevent torts and these have very much the same effect.
- Altogether this provided an ideological charter for the most extreme action, without compunction or remorse.
- If the ancient human habit of taking what we want without understanding, without compassion, and without compunction continues unrestricted, it will lead us to extinction.
- The teachers themselves organise photocopying of books without any moral compunction, assuming that they are after all helping their students.
- She clutched the bundle of wood to her chest like a shield and lied without compunction.
Synonyms
scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, hesitation, hesitancy, doubts, reluctance, reservations

Origin

Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.

单词	compunction
释义	Definition of compunction in English: compunction noun kəmˈpʌŋkʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n mass noun, usually with negative A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. they used their tanks without compunction Example sentencesExamples The courts have no similar compunction about making injunctions to prevent torts and these have very much the same effect. The ability to trample the rights of fellow human beings without compunction is rooted in a belief that the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual. How can soldiers, who are trained to kill enemy combatants without compunction, be decompressed and integrated back into civilian life? Designed with love, it will be destroyed without compunction. But I can, without compunction, recommend the film purely on its own merits. He attacked the credibility of alleged accomplices who had turned state witness, saying there was little doubt that they had lied without compunction. Altogether this provided an ideological charter for the most extreme action, without compunction or remorse. In the marketplace everything becomes a commodity and all workers become wage slaves who can be fired without compunction. He has no shame and no compunction about throwing around baseless, false accusations such as liar, theft and fraud. If the ancient human habit of taking what we want without understanding, without compassion, and without compunction continues unrestricted, it will lead us to extinction. For it is clear they would do the same again, both in America and around the world, without compunction or hesitation. The truth is that the average consumer today has no moral compunction about beating the system. The ‘nice’ party has been revealed as no such thing - rather, enthusiastically and without compunction, it destroyed its greatest electoral asset, a leader who had delivered its finest hour only months before. You will kill without compunction and die without complaint. She clutched the bundle of wood to her chest like a shield and lied without compunction. We call them sociopaths because they will cheerfully cheat or attack others without compunction. Hence his way of life can be sacrificed without compunction, and his protests go unheard. The teachers themselves organise photocopying of books without any moral compunction, assuming that they are after all helping their students. V operates without compunction or mercy, and his brand of enforced anarchy is just as dictatorial as the forces to which he is opposed. Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? Synonyms scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, hesitation, hesitancy, doubts, reluctance, reservations guilt, feelings of guilt, guilty conscience, pangs/twinges of conscience, remorse, regret, contrition, contriteness, self-reproach, repentance, penitence Derivatives compunctious adjective kəmˈpʌŋkʃəskəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃəs Characterized by guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. compunctious feelings of apprehension Example sentencesExamples The actual audience, like the heavenly one, can peep through the blanket of stage dark, and what it sees is that a compunctious visiting of nature prevents Lady Macbeth from carrying out the act at all. And yet the point remains: the true psychopath has not in the first place the compunctious visitings whose passage needs to be stopped up. We are so conscientious and compunctious and compassionate that we did the EIA as early as in 1988 for the 2007 project. compunctiously adverbkəmˈpʌŋkʃəslikəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃəsli Origin Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere 'prick sharply', from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere 'to prick'. Rhymes conjunction, dysfunction, expunction, function, junction, malfunction, multifunction, unction Definition of compunction in US English: compunction nounkəmˈpəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəNG(k)SH(ə)n usually with negative A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. spend the money without compunction he had no compunction about behaving blasphemously Example sentencesExamples He attacked the credibility of alleged accomplices who had turned state witness, saying there was little doubt that they had lied without compunction. The ability to trample the rights of fellow human beings without compunction is rooted in a belief that the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual. He has no shame and no compunction about throwing around baseless, false accusations such as liar, theft and fraud. Designed with love, it will be destroyed without compunction. For it is clear they would do the same again, both in America and around the world, without compunction or hesitation. The truth is that the average consumer today has no moral compunction about beating the system. The ‘nice’ party has been revealed as no such thing - rather, enthusiastically and without compunction, it destroyed its greatest electoral asset, a leader who had delivered its finest hour only months before. Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? But I can, without compunction, recommend the film purely on its own merits. Hence his way of life can be sacrificed without compunction, and his protests go unheard. In the marketplace everything becomes a commodity and all workers become wage slaves who can be fired without compunction. How can soldiers, who are trained to kill enemy combatants without compunction, be decompressed and integrated back into civilian life? V operates without compunction or mercy, and his brand of enforced anarchy is just as dictatorial as the forces to which he is opposed. You will kill without compunction and die without complaint. We call them sociopaths because they will cheerfully cheat or attack others without compunction. The courts have no similar compunction about making injunctions to prevent torts and these have very much the same effect. Altogether this provided an ideological charter for the most extreme action, without compunction or remorse. If the ancient human habit of taking what we want without understanding, without compassion, and without compunction continues unrestricted, it will lead us to extinction. The teachers themselves organise photocopying of books without any moral compunction, assuming that they are after all helping their students. She clutched the bundle of wood to her chest like a shield and lied without compunction. Synonyms scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, hesitation, hesitancy, doubts, reluctance, reservations Origin Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.
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