Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Remorse and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remorse" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Remorse
Remorse noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Compunctious and remorse are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Remorse", this nouns are similar.
Nearby Words: remorseless, remorseful
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Remorse and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/remorse
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Remorse or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/remorse.
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