Compunction
Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Compunctious and compunction are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Compunction", this nouns are similar.
Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Compunction and compunctious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pity and compunction
- pity and compunctious
- uneasiness and compunction
- uneasiness and compunctious
- sorrow and compunction
- sorrow and compunctious
- guilt and compunction
- guilt and compunctious
- pang and compunction
- pang and compunctious
- regret and compunction
- regret and compunctious
- remorse and compunction
- remorse and compunctious
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Compunctious and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/compunctious
Compunction & Compunctious. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/compunctious>.
Compunctious or Compunction. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/compunctious.
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