Both Uses of
compunction
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Maggie felt a deep movement of compunction; for the moment, her mind ceased to contend against what she felt to be cruel and unreasonable, and in her self-blame she justified her brother.†
Chpt 5.5 *
- Maggie burst out, cut to the heart with pity and compunction, and throwing her arms round her mother's neck; "I was always naughty and troublesome to you.†
Chpt 7.3
Definition:
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(compunction) guilt for a misdeed; or a feeling that it would be wrong to do something