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compunctive

compunctive adjective: sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious; compunctious.

Adjective

compunctive (comparative more compunctive, superlative most compunctive)

  1. (obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious; compunctious.
    • O give me all faith, and all charity , and a spirit highly compunctive, highly industrious , passionate , prudent and indefatigable in holy services1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium

Forms of compunctive

comparativemore compunctive
superlativemost compunctive

Questions about compunctive

What does compunctive mean?
Compunctive means sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious; compunctious.
What part of speech is compunctive?
Compunctive is an adjective.

Words near compunctive in the dictionary

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

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