Bible Dictionaries
Compunction
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A pricking; stimulation.
(2):
(n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compunction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/compunction.html. 1828.