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compunction

n.
US //kəmˈpəŋkʃən// UK //kəmpˈʌŋkʃən// com·punc·tion
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Origin

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).

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