Sentence:  It ignores the sordid financial aspects ( quite conveniently , too , for his audience , who could indulge in moral indignation without visible , or even conscious , <WSD>discomfort</WSD> , their money from the transaction having been put away long ago in a good antiseptic brokerage ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the state of being tense and feeling pain