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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "grižnja savjesti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compunción"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remordimiento"
}
],
"word": "compunction"
}
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