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compunction 音标拼音: [kəmp'ʌŋkʃən] n. 良心的责备,后悔,悔恨 良心的责备,後悔,悔恨 compunction n 1: a feeling of deep regret ( usually for some misdeed) [ synonym: { compunction}, { remorse}, { self- reproach}] Compunction \ Com* punc" tion\, n. [ OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- pungere to prick, sting. See { Pungent}.] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. [ 1913 Webster] He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. -- Clarendon. Syn: { Compunction}, { Remorse}, { Contrition}. Usage: Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one' s self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self- condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See { Regret}. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " compunction": attrition, bashfulness, beef, better self, bitch, boggle, boggling, boycott, challenge, complaint, conscience, conscientiousness, contriteness, contrition, demonstration, demur, demurral, demurrer, diffidence, disinclination, exception, expostulation, falter, faltering, fear, grievance, grievance committee, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, howl, indignation meeting, kick, march, misgiving, modesty, nonviolent protest, objection, pangs, pangs of conscience, pause, penance, penitently, picketing, pricking of heart, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, punctiliousness, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness, qualms, rally, recoil, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, remorse, repentance, reserve, rue, ruth, scruple, scruples, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, self- reproach, shrinking, shyness, sit- in, squawk, stickling, strike, teach- in, throes, touch of conscience, twinge of conscience, unwillingness, voice of conscience
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