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View synonyms for compunctious

compunctious

[kuhm-puhngk-shuhs]

adjective

  1. causing or feeling compunction; regretful.

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Other Word Forms

  • compunctiously adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of compunctious1

First recorded in 1595–1605; compunct(ion) + -ious

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