compunction
/kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/noun
mass noun［usu. with negative］
- a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad良心的谴责; 内疚; 顾忌; 后悔, 悔恨：
they used their tanks without compunction.
他们毫无顾忌地使用了坦克。
派生词
compunctious
adjectivecompunctiously
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio（n-）， from Latin compungere 'prick sharply'， from com- (expressing intensive force)+pungere 'to prick'.