Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PUNC'TIOUS
COM-PUNC'TION-LESSCOM-PUNC'TIVE
COM-PUNC'TIOUS, a.
Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed. Let no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose. – Shak.
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