Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Penitence and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penitence" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Penitence
Penitence noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Compunctious and penitence are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Penitence", this nouns are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pity and compunctious
- pity and penitence
- sorrow and compunctious
- sorrow and penitence
- guilt and compunctious
- guilt and penitence
- pang and compunctious
- pang and penitence
- regret and compunctious
- regret and penitence
- remorse and compunctious
- remorse and penitence
- repentance and compunctious
- repentance and penitence
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Penitence and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/penitence
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Penitence or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/penitence.
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