Compunction and Certitude

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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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Certitude is an antonym for compunction.

Certitude noun - A state of mind in which one is free from doubt.

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Compunction is an antonym for certitude.

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

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