compunctio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

compunctĭo, ōnis, f. [compungo].

I Lit., a puncture : ligni, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 3, § 8.—

II Trop., the sting of conscience, remorse (eccl. Lat.), Salv. adv. Avar. 4, 8 al.