compunction, remorse, self-reproach
(noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
compunction (countable and uncountable, plural compunctions)
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
Synonyms: qualm, regret, remorse, Thesaurus:remorse
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 March 2025
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