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compunction

compunction · compunctions

угрызения совести, раскаяние, сожаление

Gewissensbisse, Reue

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or…A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

/kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

» Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.

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(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
Gewissensbisse, Reue
угрызе́ния со́вестиugryzénija sóvesti, раска́яниеraskájanije, сожале́ниеsožalénije
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

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Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.
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Происхождение

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin com

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).

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