compunctious

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A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache.

From A Positive Romance 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

“Oh, Mrs. Hawthorne, I beg of you not to feel homesick!” he cried, compunctious and really eager.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

As to the reports, that on his deathbed he had something like compunctious visitings of conscience with regard to his deistical writings and opinions, they are altogether groundless.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

A very modest and very happy smile and deepening blush answered that; and she ran away with a sudden compunctious remembrance of Mr. Linden's dinner.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

She had also children; and as all, without exception, lived to be distinguished men and virtuous women, we may give her credit for some attention to their education,—some compunctious visitings of nature on their account.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)