compunctious

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Catharine, inured to treachery and hardened in vice, was apparently a stranger to all compunctious visitings.

From Henry IV, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

He sat and looked at her for some moments with an expression partly complacent and partly compunctious.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

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)

She has no compunctious visitings for the frauds she has practised, and the misery she has inflicted upon her deceased husbands.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

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