compunction

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience

Part of speech:

Noun

Example sentences with this word:

North listened to this impassively; when it was over his eyes filled with tears, but these were not necessarily tears of compunction.

Without compunction, Fox kicked him awake.

So she had no compunction, I think, in allowing your father to be lured into danger, so that the demoiselle would leave the City to follow him.

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