1. a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.
She told him with compunction that she no longer loved him, and therefore, felt that they should end the relationship.
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