Compunction
Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Sackcloth and ashes and compunction are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sackcloth and ashes" instead a noun "Compunction".
Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes noun - A display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief.
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Synonyms for Sackcloth and ashes
Compunction and sackcloth and ashes are semantically related in penitence topic. You can use "Compunction" instead a noun phrase "Sackcloth and ashes", if it concerns topics such as reparation for wrong.
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Related pairs
- rue and compunction
- rue and sackcloth and ashes
- attrition and compunction
- attrition and sackcloth and ashes
- sorrow and compunction
- sorrow and sackcloth and ashes
- grief and compunction
- grief and sackcloth and ashes
- confession and compunction
- confession and sackcloth and ashes
- mortification and compunction
- mortification and sackcloth and ashes
- penance and compunction
- penance and sackcloth and ashes
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Sackcloth and ashes and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/sackcloth_and_ashes
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