Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing compunction, regret, or remorse.
- Susceptible of remorse; capable of repentance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Sensitive with regard to
wrongdoing ;conscientious .
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Examples
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In the medieval doctrine, you would be crying "compunctive" tears: God's tears at our sins, given back to God.
James Elkins: How Long Does it Take To Look at a Painting? James Elkins 2010
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In the medieval doctrine, you would be crying "compunctive" tears: God's tears at our sins, given back to God.
James Elkins: How Long Does it Take To Look at a Painting? James Elkins 2010
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A noble view of the City of Philadelphia upon a large scale taken from the neighborhood of Cooper's Ferry drew my attention and raised some compunctive ideas; but war and the sciences always stand at arms length in the contests of mankind.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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