Compunction
Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Mortification and compunction are semantically related in shame topic. In some cases you can use "Mortification" instead a noun "Compunction".
Mortification
Mortification noun - The emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable.
Compunction and mortification are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Mortification", if it concerns topics such as shame.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- shame and compunction
- shame and mortification
- sorrow and compunction
- sorrow and mortification
- grief and compunction
- grief and mortification
- penance and compunction
- penance and mortification
- embarrassment and compunction
- embarrassment and mortification
- chagrin and compunction
- chagrin and mortification
- guilt and compunction
- guilt and mortification
Cite this Source
Mortification and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/mortification
Compunction & Mortification. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/mortification>.
Mortification or Compunction. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/mortification.
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