Aplomb and Compunction

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Aplomb noun - Evenness of emotions or temper.

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Compunction is an antonym for aplomb.

Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.

Usage example: throughout her school years she cheated without compunction

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Aplomb is an antonym for compunction.

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Compunction and Aplomb. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aplomb/compunction

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