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compunction

/kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/kuhm-PUHNGK-shuhn
/kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/kuhm-PUHNGK-shuhn

Meaningprick strongly

Common meaning: feeling of guilt or regret

Journey through time

  1. Latincompunctio‘prick strongly’source
  2. Late Latincompunctionemsource
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsprick strongly → remorsecompunccioun‘remorse’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsremorse → feeling of guilt or regretcompunction‘feeling of guilt or regret’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin compunctio ‘prick strongly’.

Roots

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