Compunction and Confidence

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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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Confidence is an antonym for compunction.

Confidence noun - Great faith in oneself or one's abilities.

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Compunction is an antonym for confidence.

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Confidence and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/confidence

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