compunction 音标拼音: [kəmp'ʌŋkʃən]
n . 良心的责备,后悔,悔恨
良心的责备,後悔,悔恨
compunction n 1 :
a feeling of deep regret (
usually for some misdeed ) [
synonym :
{
compunction }, {
remorse }, {
self -
reproach }]
Compunction \
Com *
punc "
tion \,
n . [
OF .
compunction ,
F .
componction ,
L .
compunctio ,
fr .
compungere ,
compunctum ,
to prick ;
com -
pungere to prick ,
sting .
See {
Pungent }.]
1 .
A pricking ;
stimulation . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
That acid and piercing spirit which ,
with such activity and compunction ,
invadeth the brains and nostrils . --
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A picking of heart ;
poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain ;
the sting of conscience .
[
1913 Webster ]
He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king ,
with expressions of great compunction . --
Clarendon .
Syn : {
Compunction }, {
Remorse }, {
Contrition }.
Usage :
Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one '
s self or others .
Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience .
Neither of them implies true contrition ,
which denotes self -
condemnation ,
humiliation ,
and repentance .
We speak of the gnawings of remorse ;
of compunction for a specific act of transgression ;
of deep contrition in view of our past lives .
See {
Regret }.
[
1913 Webster ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
compunction ":
attrition ,
bashfulness ,
beef ,
better self ,
bitch ,
boggle ,
boggling ,
boycott ,
challenge ,
complaint ,
conscience ,
conscientiousness ,
contriteness ,
contrition ,
demonstration ,
demur ,
demurral ,
demurrer ,
diffidence ,
disinclination ,
exception ,
expostulation ,
falter ,
faltering ,
fear ,
grievance ,
grievance committee ,
hesitance ,
hesitancy ,
hesitation ,
howl ,
indignation meeting ,
kick ,
march ,
misgiving ,
modesty ,
nonviolent protest ,
objection ,
pangs ,
pangs of conscience ,
pause ,
penance ,
penitently ,
picketing ,
pricking of heart ,
protest ,
protest demonstration ,
protestation ,
punctiliousness ,
qualm ,
qualm of conscience ,
qualmishness ,
qualms ,
rally ,
recoil ,
regret ,
reluctance ,
remonstrance ,
remonstration ,
remorse ,
repentance ,
reserve ,
rue ,
ruth ,
scruple ,
scruples ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
self -
reproach ,
shrinking ,
shyness ,
sit -
in ,
squawk ,
stickling ,
strike ,
teach -
in ,
throes ,
touch of conscience ,
twinge of conscience ,
unwillingness ,
voice of conscience
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