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compunction

com·punc·tion

UK/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/ US/kʌˈmpʌŋkʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

Origin

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).

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