Compunction and Defiance

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

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Defiance is an antonym for compunction in regret topic.

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Compunction is an antonym for defiance.

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

apparent compunction

apparent defiance

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