Compunction and Disdain

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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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Disdain is an antonym for compunction in regret topic.

Disdain noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.

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Compunction is an antonym for disdain.

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

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