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Feb 10, 2010
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com•punc•tion



Pronunciation: (kum-pungk'shun), [key]
n.
1. a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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