Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Compunction and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compunction" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Compunction
Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Compunctious and compunction are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Compunction", this nouns are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pity and compunctious
- pity and compunction
- uneasiness and compunctious
- uneasiness and compunction
- sorrow and compunctious
- sorrow and compunction
- guilt and compunctious
- guilt and compunction
- pang and compunctious
- pang and compunction
- regret and compunctious
- regret and compunction
- remorse and compunctious
- remorse and compunction
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Compunction and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/compunction
Compunctious & Compunction. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/compunction>.
Compunction or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/compunction.
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