compunction

• n. 後悔、後悔、罪悪感

com-、強調する。-punct、刺す、打つ、語源的にはimpugn、穿刺と同じ。

compunction

compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent).
=> puncture, pungent

compunction (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."

1. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.

彼は自分が父親を殺害した過程を語った時、少しも後ろめたさを感じなかった。

2.She felt no compunction about leaving her job.

彼女は自分の辞職を少しも後悔していない。

3.He felt a kind of compunction .

彼は少し後ろめたさを感じた。

4.She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction .

彼女は私を待たせたのに少しも謝罪しなかった。

5.I have little compunction in doing it.

これをすることに不安はありません。