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Meanings of have no compunction in English

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Usage of have no compunction in English
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As long as Mikael is single and available, I would have no compunction.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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Well, there are men who have no compunction about doing so.
Jamaica Observer
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If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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But in that case you'll have no compunction in leaving him without saying 'goodbye.'
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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But they might have no compunction about shooting someone else.
Our little secret
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I don't like her, and have no compunction about playing a joke at her expense.
Reveries of a Schoolmaster
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She seems to have no compunction in deploying such language against anyone who disagrees with her.
The Irish Times
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I have no compunction denouncing his violence.
NY Magazine
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Fyn looked into Bantam's hard eyes and knew the man would have no compunction tipping him overboard.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
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Being a snooty, highbrow paper, we have no compunction in pointing you towards the more difficult Thai film.
The Irish Times
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I know every inch of the ground, and since the house has changed hands I have no compunction.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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We shall have no compunction in throwing overboard our ancient manners, nor any in emulating their lack of courtesy.
Glimpses of Bengal / Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindrana...
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He said if he saw no improvement in their behaviour, he would have no compunction about making the problems public.
Radio NZ
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So, as the admiral said, the smugglers " have no compunction in abandoning the ship, given the profit margin".
The Guardian
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Some bloggers - and certainly Cameron Slater is one - have no compunction using material even if its veracity is questionable.
Radio NZ
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The end sanctifies the means, as my excellent father-confessor assures me, and I therefore have no compunction as to that matter.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
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