compunction

«compunction» in Mova's school dictionary: A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (compunctions)

meaning for a pupil

A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero who feels he should not take a gift, or hesitates before taking something

examples

• He had no compunction about eating the last cake. tree →
• Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift. tree →
• She felt compunction after she told a lie. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «compunction» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.