English → Latin
“compunction” in Latin
sollicitūdōanxiety, worry, concern, uneasiness; watchful concern, solicitude; anxious care or attention, painstakingnessafflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to humterreōto frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)
The English word compunction itself goes back to Latin pungō, through compunctionem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compunction
conscientiae angor or sollicitudo: *animus acerbissima poenitentia: afflictus. to feel compunction, angore conscientiae et sollicitudine agitari, vexari conscientia animi excruciari (in a high degree); also conscientia animi terret aliquem: anybody feels compunction, peccatorum ex conscientia timor alicui exoritur: I feel compunction, conscientia animi me stimulat or terret; conscientiae maleficiorum meorum me stimulant.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compunction?
- The usual Latin words for “compunction” are sollicitūdō, afflīgō, terreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.