Atoning
Compunctious and atoning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Atoning".
Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Atoning and compunctious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Atoning" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- abject and atoning
- abject and compunctious
- sad and atoning
- sad and compunctious
- sorry and atoning
- sorry and compunctious
- sorrowful and atoning
- sorrowful and compunctious
- mournful and atoning
- mournful and compunctious
- rueful and atoning
- rueful and compunctious
- regretful and atoning
- regretful and compunctious
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