All 3 Uses of
compunction
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- I do not know whether he was seized with compunction at that moment for the part he was playing, but I know that I never felt more heartily ashamed of myself in my life than when I saw the beautiful creature against whom I was conspiring, or the grace and kindliness with which she waited upon the injured man.†
Chpt 1compunction = guilt for a misdeed; or a feeling that it would be wrong to do something
- If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.†
Chpt 2 *
- I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast.†
Chpt 4