compunction

i. vicdan azabı, pişmanlık, esef

I do not know whether he was seized with compunction at that moment for the part he was playing, but I know that I never felt more heartily ashamed of myself in my life than when I saw the beautiful creature against whom I was conspiring, or the grace and kindliness with which she waited upon the injured man.

I felt no compunction in doing so for under the circumstances I felt that I should protect myself in every way I could.

I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast.

If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.

Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.
Frank Pittman

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
George Eliot

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