Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Guilt and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guilt" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Guilt
Guilt noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Compunctious and guilt are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Guilt", this nouns are similar.
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