Compunction

n.	1.	A pricking; stimulation. That acid and piercing 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.

Noun

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compunction - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach

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