Associations to the word «Compunction»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

COMPUNCTION, noun. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne