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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.

[Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Adj.

Causing remorse.

compunctive ‎(comparative more compunctive, superlative most compunctive)

(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
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