compunction
noun
1 compunction
A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
synonyms: remorse, self-reproach.
Roget 950:
penitence,
contrition,
compunction,
repentance,
remorse;
regret
etc.
833.
self-reproach,
self-reproof,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
self-humiliation;
stings of conscience,
pangs of conscience,
qualms of conscience,
prickings of conscience†,
twinge of conscience,
twitch of conscience,
touch of conscience,
voice of conscience;
compunctious visitings of nature†.
acknowledgment,
confession
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
apology
etc.
952;
recantation
etc.
607;
penance
etc.
952;
resipiscence†.
awakened conscience,
deathbed repentance,
locus paenitentiae [Lat.],
stool of repentance,
cuttystool†.
penitent,
repentant,
Magdalen,
prodigal son,
a sadder and a wiser man"
[Coleridge].
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Dutch: berouw, gewetensangst, gewetensnood, gewetenswroeging, wroeging, zelfbeschuldiging, zelfverwijt
Polish: wyrzuty sumienia, poczucie winy
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