Compunction vs Reparation - What's the difference?
compunction | reparation |
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
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* 1897 , , Dracula , ch. 3:
* 1920 , , Women in Love , ch. 8:
* 2003 February 16, Blaine Greteman, "
(usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
* Dryden
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
As nouns the difference between compunction and reparation
is that compunction is a pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting while reparation is fix, repair.compunction
English
Noun
(en noun)- [H]e would have had no compunction whatever in flinging him out of the highest window in Venice into the deepest water of the city.
- I felt no compunction in doing so, for under the circumstances I felt that I should protect myself in every way I could.
- But he felt, later, a little compunction . He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up.
No Peace Dividend," Time :
- As for average U.S. consumers, they've shown little compunction about buying diamonds that fund bloody militias in Africa.
Synonyms
* regret, remorse, qualm * See alsoSee also
* contrition * penitence, penance * guiltreparation
English
Noun
(en noun)- I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
- the reparation of a bridge or of a highway
