Compassion and Compunction

Compassion

Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

Compunction and compassion are semantically related. in tender feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Compassion".

Nearby Words: compass, compassionate, compassed, compassionately, compassing

Compunction

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

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

How words are described

obvious obvious compassion obvious compunction
real real compassion real compunction
little little compassion little compunction
slightest slightest compassion slightest compunction
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