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"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "výčitky svědomí"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "lítost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wroeging"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gewetensbeet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compunctie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "huono omatunto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "omatunnon pisto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scrupule"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "remords"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "componction"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "Gewissensbisse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Reue"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "lelkiismeret-furdalás"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "kompunciono"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compunzione"
},
{
"alt": "りょうしんのかしゃく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ryōshin-no kashaku",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "良心の呵責"
},
{
"alt": "かいご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaigo",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "悔悟"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compunctio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"word": "kaniawhea"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "samvittighetsnag"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "snev av dårlig samvittighet"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compunção"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compuncțiune"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "remușcare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "regret"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ugryzénija sóvesti",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "угрызе́ния со́вести"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskájanije",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "раска́яние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sožalénije",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сожале́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "гризо̀дӯшје"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "грижња савјести"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pricking of conscience",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "grizòdūšje"
},
{
"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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