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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compunction/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compunction/#x1)
- Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compunction/#x2)
- She felt compunction after she told a lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compunction/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «compunction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compunction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.