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Meanings of swift compunction in English

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Usage of swift compunction in English
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I'm sorry... he began, answering his own swift compunction, not her remark.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
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She heard him grit his teeth; and turned with swift compunction.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
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And then with swift compunction he kissed her face of disappointment.
The Bars of Iron
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There had come upon him a swift compunction.
A Man and a Woman
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She joked till tears were near; then with swift compunction Jane was caught in arms tender and strong and loved back to happiness.
The House of the Misty Star / A Romance of Youth and Hope and Lo...
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Then she thought with a swift compunction of the stranger they were bringing home, and wondered if her father would resent the intrusion.
A Countess from Canada: A Story of Life in the Backwoods
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In the end Piers awoke suddenly to the fact that she was looking utterly exhausted, and with swift compunction piloted her to her room.
The Bars of Iron
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"That's not what I ever want to do," declared the young man, with swift compunction.
The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
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