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Definition of Compunctious
1. a. Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.
Definition of Compunctious
1. Adjective. Pertaining to compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compunctious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compunctious
Literary usage of Compunctious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1851)
"... and looked so out of place in their bare wooden cages, that day by duy
compunctious visitings ..."
2. The Great Cities of the Middle Ages; Or, The Landmarks of European by Theodore Alois Buckley (1853)
"... has effectually stifled any feelings of compunctious regard towards old building's.
Its position, always conspicuous in the history of latter times, ..."
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