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Today's Word "compunction"
"However, he died intestate: I was his heir-at-law, and I felt a certain compunction in taking his money -- he would so have disliked my having it." -- Patrick O'Brian, 'Testimonies'
Compunction derives from Late Latin compunctio, compunction-, "sting or pricking of conscience," from the past participle of compungere, "to prick severely," from com-, intensive prefix + pungere, "to prick."
This news arrived on: 06/23/2008
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