Compunction is an English word with synonyms like remorse or sorrow. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Compunction meaning
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
Using Compunction
- The main meaning on this page is: A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
- Useful related words include: remorse, self-reproach, sorrow, regret.
- In the example corpus, compunction often appears in combinations such as: no compunction, compunction about, without compunction.
Context around Compunction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Compunction
- In this selection, "compunction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, zero, insisting, granger and looked stand out and add context to how "compunction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include feel no compunction being surrounded and felt no compunction about denouncing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "compunction" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with compunction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A large population of women now have no compunction to do what they were created for. (16 words)
I had no compunction insisting they desist from their ingrained habit of using “Jewish” as a swear word. (18 words)
It was a sign that, without compunction, Granger was willing to break the moral contract between parties that undergirds the rule of law writ large. (25 words)
And I asked, why was this happening with me and the CIA being what it is, they had no compunction, looked me in the face and say, well, you kind of stick out as a big Black guy speaking Farsi. (40 words)
Again, they should learn that if they lack the grace of compunction or devotion they should not think they are not in the state of grace as long as they have good will, which is all that God regards". (39 words)
Tacitus claims that more treason trials followed and that whereas Tiberius had been hesitant to act at the outset of his reign, now, towards the end of his life, he seemed to do so without compunction. (36 words)
Example sentences (16)
Depending on player choices, a hardened Leliana can turn into a cold and calculating spymaster who has no compunction about quietly eliminating threats to the Inquisition.
I had no compunction insisting they desist from their ingrained habit of using “Jewish” as a swear word.
Then there are the paparazzi, who ignore all protocol and will have no compunction about snapping pictures of the PM’s wife and children to sell to unscrupulous online sites.
It was a sign that, without compunction, Granger was willing to break the moral contract between parties that undergirds the rule of law writ large.
A large population of women now have no compunction to do what they were created for.
And I asked, why was this happening with me and the CIA being what it is, they had no compunction, looked me in the face and say, well, you kind of stick out as a big Black guy speaking Farsi.
But it is the authority and audacity with which these lies are peddled without the slightest iota of compunction that looks scary and make belief.
His belated confession allows the filmmakers to explore what regret, remorse and forgiveness might look like to a man who has spent his life killing without compunction.
Of course, most American elites have no compunction about their support for Pakistan or Saudi Arabia in these areas — countries with a terrible track record of anti-Americanism.
Since the money raised by the auction will go to her Cancer Wellness & Research Center in her native Australia, the icon, 70, had zero compunction about selling anything, including that outfit.
And so Doug Ford, pitching himself as worthy of leading Ontario and careful not to say anything openly discriminatory himself, appears to feel no compunction being surrounded by those who do.
Again, they should learn that if they lack the grace of compunction or devotion they should not think they are not in the state of grace as long as they have good will, which is all that God regards".
At the trial of Lepidus, Caligula felt no compunction about denouncing them as adulteresses, producing handwritten letters discussing how they were going to kill him.
Fangio had no compunction about leaving a team, even after a successful year or even during a season, if he thought he would have a better chance with a better car.
Roxane, the fiercest and bravest in Racine's gallery of queens, has no compunction in ordering Bajazet's death and indeed banishes him from her presence even before he has finished justifying himself.
Tacitus claims that more treason trials followed and that whereas Tiberius had been hesitant to act at the outset of his reign, now, towards the end of his life, he seemed to do so without compunction.
Common combinations with compunction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- no compunction 11×
- compunction about 6×
- without compunction 3×
- compunction in 2×
- of compunction 2×