compunctious
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He sat and looked at her for some moments with an expression partly complacent and partly compunctious.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
What hindered him from immediately acting upon it was a compunctious forecast of the concern which would prevail in his family, if he absented himself contrary to expectation.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
Miss Colishaw's grim indignation, Mrs. Joy's cool audacity, her own compunctious helplessness,—all were indicated in turn.
From A Little Country Girl by Susan Coolidge
A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache.
From A Positive Romance 1898 by Edward Bellamy
Any confusion attaching to this adventure, however, dropped from Kate, whom, as he could see with sacred joy, it must take more than that to make compunctious.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
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