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compunction

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of compunction

an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do

throughout her school years she cheated without compunction

Synonyms of compunction

misgiving, qualm, scruple

Words Related to compunction

distrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty

qualmishness, unease, uneasiness

reluctance, unwillingness

demur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstrance

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness

guilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame

contrition, penitence, repentance

Near Antonyms of compunction

aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness

Synonym Discussion of compunction

penitence, repentance, contrition, compunction, remorse mean regret for sin or wrongdoing. penitence implies sad and humble realization of and regret for one's misdeeds.

- absolution is dependent upon sincere penitence

repentance adds the implication of a resolve to change.

- repentance accompanied by a complete change of character

contrition stresses the sorrowful regret that constitutes true penitence.

- tearful expressions of contrition

compunction implies a painful sting of conscience especially for contemplated wrongdoing.

- had no compunctions about taking back what is mine

remorse suggests prolonged and insistent self-reproach and mental anguish for past wrongs and especially for those whose consequences cannot be remedied.

- thieves untroubled by feelings of remorse

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