Compunction
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
Remonstrance and compunction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remonstrance" instead a noun "Compunction".
Remonstrance
Remonstrance noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.
Usage example: over the vociferous remonstrances of my parents I decided to drop my music lessons
Compunction and remonstrance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Remonstrance".
Nearby Words: remonstrate, remonstrant, remonstrating
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- caution and compunction
- caution and remonstrance
- uneasiness and compunction
- uneasiness and remonstrance
- difficulty and compunction
- difficulty and remonstrance
- demur and compunction
- demur and remonstrance
- doubt and compunction
- doubt and remonstrance
- objection and compunction
- objection and remonstrance
- mistrust and compunction
- mistrust and remonstrance
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Remonstrance and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/remonstrance
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Remonstrance or Compunction. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/remonstrance.
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