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Compunction (7 letter answer)

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REMORSE

Tags

anguish ashe bronte compunction contrition cowper egg factor fatal feeling guilty laid life miscreant modifier moral penitent per pleasure poison regret remorse reproach rochester sackcloth second self sentence sentencing thought

Notes

The answer REMORSE is uncommon, appearing about once every 475 puzzles.

Related Clues

Contrition
Penitence
Factor in sentencing
Moral anguish
Guilty feeling
Penitent's emotion
Repentant regret
Sackcloth and ashes
Self-reproach
Miscreant's second thoughts
Sentence modifier, at times
"The fatal egg by Pleasure laid": Cowper
"The poison of life," per Brontë's Rochester

Definition

REMORSE as a noun:

1. (compunction, remorse, self-reproach) = a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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