Word of the Day: COMPUNCTION

A pang of penitence

compunction (noun) - a feeling of regret, contrition, or remorse; a pricking of the conscience, often brief [kuhm-puhngk-shuhn]

BREAKDOWN: COM- (with) + PUNCT- (point) + -ION (state of)

See also: punctilious

"The industrial mind is a mind without compunction; it simply accepts that people, ultimately, will be treated as things and that things, ultimately, will be treated as garbage." ―Wendell Berry

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