Sentence example with the word 'compunction'

compunction

attrition, challenge, demurral, fear, kick, pause, punctiliousness, reluctance, scruple, squawk, voice of conscience

Definition n. a feeling of deep regret

Last update: March 7, 2017


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Yet why should I feel any compunction about my family, I might well ask.   [noun]

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Today 's Pentagon shows no such compunction to put a rein on Graham.   [noun]

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He had already caused the death of many a man without the least compunction, but that had been done either in fair fight, or openly before the world.   [noun]

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One could eat the food of an enemy without compunction.   [Please select]

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Ulyth had a sudden pang of compunction.   [Please select]

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He didn't doubt that if it were to her advantage to do so, she'd have no compunction in involving him, however unfairly.   [Please select]

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The wretch still had the power to injure them, and he would use it without compunction.   [Please select]

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John Lefever attended the groom, and Duke Morgan sternly, but without compunction, gave the bride.   [Please select]

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Ay, verily, that he would, with as little compunction as he would kill a rat.   [Please select]

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The young man felt a sudden pang of compunction, a twinge of conscience.   [Please select]

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He showed no sign of restraint, no evidence of compunction.   [verb]

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