Definizione monolingua

compunction

compunction (plural compunctions)

1. A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
   • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, ch. 6:

     [H]e would have had no compunction whatever in flinging him out of the highest window in Venice into the deepest water of the city.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 3:

     I felt no compunction in doing so, for under the circumstances I felt that I should protect myself in every way I could.

   • 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, ch. 8:

     But he felt, later, a little compunction. He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up.

Definizione dizionario compunction

	compunzione
	Feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.

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Altri significati:

a pricking of conscience

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.