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Significados de compunction en inglés

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A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

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Uso de compunction en inglés
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Blood of a similar value is spilt everywhere without the least compunction.
Wild Western Scenes / A Narrative of Adventures in the Western W...
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He saw my sincerity; he was penetrated with my grief and compunction.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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The envelope of the letter he opened with a little more compunction.
The Cinema Murder
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The prince was arrested by this compunction on the part of Mentezufis.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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But having told the tale the vicar was again seized with compunction.
Harvest
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Mr Jones bowed; her alarm ceased, and her compunction gradually died away.
Deerbrook
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And the moment he had read the opening line, compunction smote him.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
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With a pleasure in which compunction mingled, I gave her a bouquet.
The Magic Skin
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When he had taken it off the body, he felt a compunction.
A Simpleton
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Without the slightest compunction, Alika answers with a shrug of the shoulders.
The sonderberg case
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And a vague feeling of compunction mingled with her sense of deliverance.
Beyond
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The question and request smote the father's conscience with a momentary compunction.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
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This left a balance of ten minutes for a compunction or two.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
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I never wanted to use it, but I will now without compunction.
The World for Sale, Volume 2.
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Hadn't even read, and yet-movedby some superstitious compunction-hadnever thrown away.
Eyeless in Gaza
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Craig, a week ago I'd have throttled you without the least compunction.
Parrot & Co.
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