See compunction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Du moyen anglais compunccioun, de l’ancien français compunction, du bas latin compunctionem, du latin compunctus (« piqué »).",
"Cognat avec le français componction."
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"ref": "Blaine Greteman, “No Peace Dividend”, dans le Time, 16 février 2003",
"text": "As for average U.S. consumers, they've shown little compunction about buying diamonds that fund bloody militias in Africa.",
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"ref": "Emilio Casalicchio, James Angelos, Eliza Gkritsi and Joshua Berlinger, \"How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?\", dans Politico Europe, 3 janvier 2025",
"text": "Elon Musk has no compunction about lambasting serving administrations and throwing his weight behind opposition movements on the populist right.",
"translation": "Elon Musk n’a aucun remord à critiquer vertement les gouvernements en place et à apporter son soutient aux mouvements d’opposition de la droite populiste."
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