Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Repentance and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repentance" instead a noun "Compunctious".
Repentance
Repentance noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
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Synonyms for Repentance
Compunctious and repentance are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Compunctious" with "Repentance", this nouns are similar.
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Related pairs
- pity and compunctious
- pity and repentance
- uneasiness and compunctious
- uneasiness and repentance
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and repentance
- sorrow and compunctious
- sorrow and repentance
- penitent and compunctious
- penitent and repentance
- guilt and compunctious
- guilt and repentance
- pang and compunctious
- pang and repentance
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