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   Com·punc·tion

   /kəmˈpəNG(k)SH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad: "spend the money without compunction"

   Word 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. compunctionless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 19

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