Compunction: alternatives and connections

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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Repentance.

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The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.

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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

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The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

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