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compunctiousness

compunctiousness noun: the quality of being compunctious; compunction.

Noun

compunctiousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being compunctious; compunction.

Origin of compunctiousness

From compunctious + -ness.

Questions about compunctiousness

What does compunctiousness mean?
Compunctiousness means the quality of being compunctious; compunction.
What part of speech is compunctiousness?
Compunctiousness is a noun.

Words near compunctiousness in the dictionary

  1. compunction
  2. compunctionless
  3. compunctions
  4. compunctious
  5. compunctiously
  6. compunctiousness
  7. compunctis
  8. compunctive
  9. compunctuous
  10. compunication
  11. compunications

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