Conscience vs. Compunction

Consciencenoun

The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.

Consciencenoun

(chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

Consciencenoun

(obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Consciencenoun

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

Consciencenoun

The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense.

Consciencenoun

The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.

Consciencenoun

Tenderness of feeling; pity.

Consciencenoun

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

Consciencenoun

conformity to one's own sense of right conduct;

Consciencenoun

a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;

Consciencenoun

a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour

Conscience

Conscience is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Conscience stands in contrast to elicited emotion or thought due to associations based on immediate sensory perceptions and reflexive responses, as in sympathetic central nervous system responses.

Compunctionnoun

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

Compunctionnoun

A pricking; stimulation.

Compunctionnoun

A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

Compunctionnoun

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

Compunctionnoun

a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad