Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Expiatory and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expiatory" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Expiatory
Expiatory adjective - Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
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Synonyms for Expiatory
Compunctious and expiatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Expiatory".
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Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and expiatory
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and expiatory
- conciliatory and compunctious
- conciliatory and expiatory
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and expiatory
- penitent and compunctious
- penitent and expiatory
- contrite and compunctious
- contrite and expiatory
- remorseful and compunctious
- remorseful and expiatory
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