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compunction

C2 noun

compunction /kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/ nghĩa là sự cắn rứt lương tâm

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  1. sự cắn rứt lương tâm

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

    countable · uncountable

    His age—his kindness, disarmed Pen’s anger somewhat, and made Arthur feel no little compunction for the deed which he was about to do.

    [H]e would have had no compunction whatever in flinging him out of the highest window in Venice into the deepest water of the city.

    But he felt, later, a little compunction. He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up.

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