Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feeling compunction; conscience-stricken.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.
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- adjective obsolete Affected with
compunction ;remorseful .
Etymologies
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Latin compunctus, past participle.
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Examples
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And then this cruel king commanded that he should be chased away, but the knights that came for to chase him were so converted by his words that, they were compunct, and promised to be his disciples.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
hernesheir commented on the word compunct
"As for feelings of guilt, well, she's about as compunct as a cowbird who lays her eggs in anothers' nest."
September 10, 2012