Caution and Compunction

Caution

Caution noun - A close attentiveness to avoiding danger.

Compunction and caution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Caution".

Compunction

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

Caution and compunction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Caution" instead a noun "Compunction".

How words are described

little little caution little compunction
Cite this Source
Compunction and Caution. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/caution/compunction
Caution & Compunction. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/caution/compunction>.
Compunction or Caution. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/caution/compunction.
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