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compunction

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  • n  a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

  • Torture, presented with gusto and almost no moral compunction, is an increasingly popular way of gathering intelligence on 24.
  • You have demonstrated how the deified hero of conservatism had no compunction about stooping to race baiting for political gain.
  • Tony has absolutely no compunction about murdering for profit, which quickly endears him to a Batista Cuban refugee who is the chief of the Bolivia-to-Florida cocaine traffic.
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    User Panel Options!! The Oracle has shown me that Phoenix Online is in it to win it, and is working to make this series something special. Therefore, I feel no compunction whatsoever in recommending it to any discerning adventure fan.
    July 3, 2013 - metacritic
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  • Barack Obama in USA Today
    Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are seeking a nuclear device, Obama said, "a weapon of mass destruction that they have no compunction at using."
  • Stephen Wolfram in Independent
    It is perfectly clear from the photographs the jury has been through that the paparazzi who were present at the scene of the crash had no compunction about taking photographs of the victims both inside the car and being carried outside the... Michael Mansfield http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mansfield&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEzonNjGZoFApeVFX6OAx3qbPh3mg International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/11/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Diana.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGUZiLw9XJutwVKRPzt_vSqSwHcpg Oct 11, 2007 20480 28343 computable We have a certain amount of popular culture information," Dr Wolfram said. "In some senses popular culture information is much more shallowly computable, so we can find out who's related to who and how tall people are. I fully expect we will...

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