Compunction

Noun

 * 1) A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

Adjectives for Compunction
slight; severe; grievous; motherly; evident; mathematical; natural; bitter.

Synonyms

 * regret, remorse, qualm

Thesaurus
conscience, conscientiousness, contriteness, contrition, demonstration, demur, demurral, demurrer, diffidence, disinclination, exception, expostulation, falter, faltering, fear, grievance, grievance committee, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, howl, indignation meeting, kick, march, misgiving, modesty, nonviolent protest, objection, pangs, pangs of conscience, pause, penance, penitently, picketing, pricking of heart, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, punctiliousness, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness, qualms, rally, recoil, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, remorse, repentance, reserve, rue, ruth, scruple, scruples, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, self-reproach, shrinking, shyness, sit-in, squawk, stickling, strike, teach-in, throes, touch of conscience, twinge of conscience, unwillingness, voice of conscience

Etymology
From, from , derived from , compunctionem (a pricking), from compunctus, the past participle of compungere (to severely prick), from com- + pungere (to prick).

Translations

 * Arabic: ندم, وخز الضمير
 * Bulgarian: угризение
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: wroeging
 * Finnish: huono omatunto
 * French: componction,


 * German: Gewissensbisse,
 * Japanese: 良心の呵責, 悔悟
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian: угрызения совести, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: grizodušje, grižnja savjesti
 * Spanish: compunción,