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Compunction is guilt, unease, or doubt over an action or a proposed action. It suggests that an activity may be ethically or morally questionable. It is commonly used in the negative as in "having no compunction (to, or against)" or "without compunction" -- suggesting that there ought to be some moral qualms or hesitation involved.
Example:
"He had no compunction against ruining the lives of others."
"Their leaders had no compunction about sending troops to die in a futile attack."
"The swindlers stole from their investors without compunction."
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How can you use the word compunction in a sentence?
Robin hood had no compunction about stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
How can you used compunction in sentence?
John felt a lot of compunction after letting his best friend down earlier
What actors and actresses appeared in Compunction - 2010?
The cast of Compunction - 2010 includes: Natalie Harlan West as Lisa Cameo Morningstar as Boss Jessica Piervicenti as Rose
The teacher had no compunction about failing the student who did not turn in the research paper?
misgiving
What is the English of walang hiya ka?
Walang hiya ka!You are without shame! (You're shameless!)- this is said to people with no moral compunction.
What words rhyme with injunction?
function junction compunction conjunction dysfunction expunction (extreme) unction inunction malfunction subfunction thermojunction
What actors and actresses appeared in Compunction - 2013?
The cast of Compunction - 2013 includes: Bennett Emann as Bennett Walter Emann as Walter Alison Fleisher as Alison Mason Fleisher as Mason Savanna Fleisher as Savanna Alicia Friday as Alicia Leila Jean Davis as Emma Walsh Logan Kulick as Logan Elias McConnell as Elias Julia McKenna as Julia Kieran McKenna as Kieran
What mistake caused Theseus to feel compunction for many years?
His betrayal of Araidne. She wished that he would forget to change his flags so his father jumped of a cliff after he thought he was dead.
Which in free enterprise threatens the person with ideas if people in business dont continually turn out exellent products at fair prices they may lose money to others who will?
B) Compunction NOVANET cheaters
What percentage of Indian males are circumcised?
Very few' As circumcision is a Judaic religious rite that has spilled into the Islam world as well. There is no reason for circumcision and there is no religious compunction in India to engage in this sort of mutilation.
How do you use the word remorse in a sentence?
(Remorse means sorrow or regret, especially over one's own actions.)-The little boy and his sister were filled with remorse after disobediently taking a cookie before dinner.- I could forgive them for what they did if they showed some remorse.- The convicted killer expressed no remorse for his actions.- Max showed genuine remorse for having hit his little sister.
What is a synonym for remorse?
anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence, penitency, pity, regret, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, sorrow
