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9 total sentences available.
That she might internally feel compunction, and reconcile herself with Heaven, whom she had offended, we will not, and we dare not, deny; but to those around her she did not evince the slightest symptom either of repentance or remorse. In all external appearance she bore the same bold, haughty, unbending character which she had displayed before these unhappy events.
Source: tatoeba (7760941)
Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.
Source: tatoeba (11064722)
I had little doubt then, and I have less doubt now, that he would have knocked me down without the least compunction, if I had hesitated.
Source: tatoeba (11568017)
Besides, to do De Joinville justice, he felt, too, a degree of kindly compunction for the former harsh judgment entertained of one who so little deserved it; and—for there is no such thing in the human mind as an unmixed sensation—he was struck both with the spirit with which she resented, and the proud humility with which she forgave the affront.
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Closest matches include remorse, attrition, bashfulness, beef, better self.
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