English-Thai Dictionary

compunction

N ความรู้สึก สำนึกผิด  penitence qualm kwam-ru-suek-sam-nuek-pid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPUNCTION

n.[L. To prick or sting. ] 1. A pricking; stimulation; irritation; seldom used in a literal sense.
2. A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the pain of sorrow or regret for having offended God, and incurred his wrath; the sting of conscience proceeding from a conviction of having violated a moral duty.
He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPUNCTION

Com *punc "tion, n. Etym: [OF. compunction, F. componction, L.compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent. ]

 

1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs. ] That acid piecering spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne.

 

2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon.

 

Syn. -- Compunction, Remorse, Contrition. Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offened God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret.

 

COMPUNCTIONLESS

COMPUNCTIONLESS Com *punc "tion *less, a.

 

Defn: Without compunction.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compunction

com punc tion |kəmˈpəNG (k )SHən kəmˈpəŋ (k )ʃən | ▶noun [ usu. with negative ] a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad: spend the money without compunction . • a pricking of the conscience: he had no compunction about behaving blasphemously. DERIVATIVES com punc tion less adjective, com punc tious |-SHəs |adjective, com punc tious ly |-SHəslē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio (n- ), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply, ’ from com- (expressing intensive force ) + pungere ‘to prick. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

compunction

com |punc ¦tion |kəmˈpʌŋkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. with negative ] a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad: they used their tanks without compunction . DERIVATIVES compunctious |-ʃəs |adjective, compunctiously |-ʃəsli |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio (n- ), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply ’, from com- (expressing intensive force ) + pungere ‘to prick ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compunction

compunction noun she had no compunction about deceiving them: scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, doubts, reluctance, reservations; guilt, regret, contrition, self-reproach. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See qualms . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compunction

compunction noun she had no compunction about deceiving them: scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries, unease, uneasiness, hesitation, hesitancy, doubts, reluctance, reservations; guilt, feelings of guilt, guilty conscience, pangs /twinges of conscience, remorse, regret, contrition, contriteness, self-reproach, repentance, penitence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compunction

com punc tion /kəmpʌ́ŋ (k )ʃ (ə )n /名詞 U 〖通例否定文で 〗良心の呵責 （かしやく ）, 悔恨 ; 心の痛み, とがめ ▸ without compunction 少しも悪いとは思わないで ▸ have no compunction about (doing ) A A (すること )をちっとも悪いと思っていない