Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Regret and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regret" instead the word "Compunctious" as a noun or an adjective.
Regret
Regret noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Compunctious and regret are semantically related. You can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Regret".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pity and compunctious
- pity and regret
- uneasiness and compunctious
- uneasiness and regret
- sorrow and compunctious
- sorrow and regret
- guilt and compunctious
- guilt and regret
- pang and compunctious
- pang and regret
- remorse and compunctious
- remorse and regret
- repentance and compunctious
- repentance and regret
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