compunctious

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Her tears had fallen now, but she had no compunctious self-deception, and her long-framed feelings were only complicated, not really altered.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

The wife felt compunctious visitings, and so the husband might say his say without loss of dignity.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moldering before him?

From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

Then as he tried to comfort her, being very compunctious himself at having failed utterly to trust one so brave and noble, she suddenly drew herself from his embrace.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.

"Why do you bother about those brats, Miss Liddon, while the nurse spends all her time flirting over the back fence?" their father said, in a gay but compunctious tone.

From A Humble Enterprise by Cambridge, Ada