A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a
sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of
conscience.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/50217/compunctionRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 05:13:32 GMTTue, 02 May 2017 05:22:00 GMT60a slight guilty feeling about something you have done or might do:

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/441520https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/441520Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:26:34 GMTA feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/195838https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/195838Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:30:09 GMT[anxiety] caused by a [sense] of [guilt].

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