Part 2210

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Compunction</er>, <er>Remorse</er>, <er>Contrition</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Remorse</i> is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offened God or brought evil upon one's self or others. <i>Compunction</i> is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true <i>contrition</i>, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of <i>remorse</i>; of <i>compunction</i> for a specific act of transgression; of deep <i>contrition</i> in view of our past lives. See <er>Regret</er>.</usage>

<h1>Compunctionless</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*punc"tion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without compunction.</def>

<h1>Compunctious</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*punc"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.</def>

<blockquote>That no <b>compunctious</b> vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compunctiously</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*punc"tious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With compunction.</def>

<h1>Compunctive</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*punc"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Compurgation</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pur*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compurgatio</ets>, fr. <ets>compurgare</ets> to purify wholly; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>purgare</ets> to make pure. See Purge, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also <altname>wager of law</altname>. See <er>Purgation</er>; also <cref>Wager of law</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.</def>

<blockquote>He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no <b>compurgation</b>. <i>Bp. Hacket.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compurgator</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"pur*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <def>One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See <er>Purgation</er>; also <cref>Wager of law</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>.</def> <-- = character witness. -->

<blockquote>All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my <b>compurgators</b>. <i>Chillingworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compurgatorial</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pur`ga*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.</def> "Their <i>compurgatorial</i> oath."

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Computable</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*put"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>computabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.</def>

<blockquote>Not easily <b>computable</b> by arithmetic. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<-- computable number. -->

<h1>Computation</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pu*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>computatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>computation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.</def>

<blockquote>By just <b>computation</b> of the time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>