without compunction

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• compunction — n. 1) to feel, have; show compunction 2) compunction about (she felt no compunction about making us wait) 3) without compunction (he violated the law without the slightest compunction) * * * [kəm pʌŋkʃ(ə)n] have show compunction about (she felt… …   Combinatory dictionary

• compunction — noun Etymology: Middle English compunccioun, from Anglo French compunction, from Late Latin compunction , compunctio, from Latin compungere to prick hard, sting, from com + pungere to prick more at pungent Date: 14th century 1. a. anxiety arising …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• compunction — com|punc|tion [kəmˈpʌŋkʃən] n [U usually in negatives] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: componction, from Late Latin, from Latin compungere to sting , from com ( COM ) + pungere ( PUNGENT)] a feeling that you should not do something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• compunction — n. (usu. with neg.) 1 the pricking of the conscience. 2 a slight regret; a scruple (without compunction; have no compunction in refusing him). Derivatives: compunctious adj. compunctiously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF componction f. eccl.L compunctio …   Useful english dictionary

• compunction — [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• compunction — [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb… …   Word origins

• compunction — [[t]kəmpʌ̱ŋkʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty. Although tears well up, he has no compunction about relating how he… …   English dictionary

• com·punc·tion — /kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/ noun, pl tions : a feeling of guilt or regret : ↑remorse [noncount] a brutal murderer who killed without compunction He feels/has no compunction about his crimes. [count] (chiefly US) He has no compunctions about his crimes …   Useful english dictionary

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• unashamedly — Synonyms and related words: abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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