Compunction and Sureness

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

Sureness is an antonym for compunction.

Sureness

Sureness noun - A state of mind in which one is free from doubt.

Compunction is an antonym for sureness.
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Sureness and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/sureness
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