"compunctious" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "Come you Spirits,\nThat tend on mortall thoughts, vnſex me here,\nAnd fill me from the Crowne to the Toe, top-full\nOf direſt Crueltie: make thick my blood,\nStop vp th’acceſſe, and paſſage to Remorſe,\nThat no compunctious viſitings of Nature\nShake my fell purpoſe, nor keepe peace betweene\nTh’effect, and hit.",
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