What is another word for compunction?
1004 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kəmpˈʌŋkʃən], [ kəmpˈʌŋkʃən], [ k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]
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Similar words for compunction:
- cause (noun)
- compassion (noun)
- conscience (noun)
- contrition (noun)
- feeling (noun)
- penance (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- pity (noun)
- qualm (noun)
- regret (noun)
- remorse (noun)
- repentance (noun)
- scruple (noun)
- shame (noun)
- solicitude (noun)
- uneasiness (noun)
Synonyms for Compunction:
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n.
• cause- action ,
- basis ,
- cause ,
- compulsion ,
- determinant ,
- drive ,
- effectuation ,
- elicitation ,
- enforcement ,
- evocation ,
- execution ,
- factor ,
- force ,
- generation ,
- grounds ,
- inspiration ,
- mainspring ,
- motivator ,
- motive ,
- origination ,
- provocation ,
- root ,
- source ,
- stimulus .
- expiations ,
- sackcloth and ash ,
- sackcloth ash ,
- sackcloth ashes ,
- self flagellation ,
- self flagellations ,
- self-flagellations ,
- selfflagellation ,
- selfflagellations .
- dis quiet ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quiets ,
- fore boding ,
- fore bodings ,
- fore-boding ,
- in decision ,
- in decisions ,
- in securities ,
- in-decision ,
- in-decisions ,
- in-securities ,
- in-security ,
- mis doubt ,
- mis doubts ,
- mis giving ,
- mis trust ,
- mis trusts ,
- mis-doubt ,
- mis-doubts ,
- mis-giving ,
- mis-trust ,
- pre sentiments ,
- pre-sentiment ,
- pre-sentiments ,
- re monstrance ,
- re monstrances ,
- re-monstrance ,
- re-monstrances ,
- un certainties ,
- un certainty ,
- un eases ,
- un-certainties ,
- un-certainty ,
- un-ease ,
- un-eases .
- Pudency ,
- loss of face ,
- shamefacedness ,
- skeleton in cupboard ,
- skeleton in the cupboard ,
- stupefaction .
- dis belief ,
- dis beliefs ,
- dis content ,
- dis contents ,
- dis pleasure ,
- dis pleasures ,
- dis-belief ,
- dis-beliefs ,
- dis-content ,
- dis-contents ,
- dis-pleasure ,
- dis-pleasures ,
- dyspathies ,
- in quietude ,
- in quietudes ,
- in stabilities ,
- in stability ,
- in-quietude ,
- in-quietudes ,
- in-stabilities ,
- in-stability ,
- queasinesses ,
- un easiness ,
- un easinesses ,
- un rest ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses ,
- un-rest ,
- un-rests .
Other synonyms:
- Penitency ,
- pity ,
- remorsefulness .
- rue .
- reservation .
Other relevant words:
- abasement ,
- abashment ,
- abnegation ,
- abrasion ,
- abut ,
- accomplish ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acerbity ,
- acid ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- acrimony ,
- action at law ,
- action mechanism ,
- activeness ,
- activity ,
- adept ,
- adjoin ,
- affect ,
- afterthought ,
- agent ,
- aggravation ,
- ailment ,
- aim ,
- all ,
- allow ,
- altogether ,
- ancestor ,
- antecedent ,
- antigenic determinant ,
- anxiousness ,
- appropriate ,
- aright ,
- arrest ,
- arts ,
- ascendant ,
- ascendent ,
- aspiration ,
- assume ,
- attain ,
- attaint ,
- author ,
- awe ,
- backbite ,
- backfire ,
- backlash ,
- backlog ,
- bait ,
- bang ,
- base ,
- bear on ,
- beat back ,
- beat up ,
- beef cattle ,
- beginning ,
- belief ,
- bellyache ,
- bemoan ,
- beneficial ,
- bewail ,
- biting ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- black bile ,
- blistering ,
- blue ,
- boeuf ,
- book ,
- booking ,
- boot ,
- border ,
- border district ,
- borderland ,
- bounce ,
- bound ,
- bowl over ,
- brainchild ,
- break ,
- breathing in ,
- brokenheartedness ,
- broker ,
- bumble ,
- business ,
- business concern ,
- business organization ,
- butt ,
- butt against ,
- butt on ,
- call up ,
- campaign ,
- capital punishment ,
- care ,
- carry out ,
- carry through ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- case ,
- catch ,
- causa ,
- causal agency ,
- causal agent ,
- causal factor ,
- caustic ,
- chagrin ,
- chance on ,
- chance upon ,
- charge ,
- chastity ,
- cistron ,
- coerce ,
- coercion ,
- coevals ,
- coin ,
- collar ,
- collide with ,
- come across ,
- come to ,
- come up ,
- come upon ,
- commiseration ,
- commodity ,
- compassionate ,
- compassionateness ,
- compensate ,
- complain ,
- completely ,
- component ,
- condole with ,
- confrontation ,
- consideration ,
- constituent ,
- contemporaries ,
- contrite ,
- cornerstone ,
- coronach ,
- corrasion ,
- correct ,
- correctitude ,
- correctly ,
- crab ,
- creation ,
- cringe ,
- croak ,
- crusade ,
- cunt ,
- curtilage ,
- dark ,
- dear ,
- death penalty ,
- decent ,
- decently ,
- deciding ,
- defence ,
- defense ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- dependable ,
- deplorable ,
- deplorably ,
- deplore ,
- depressed ,
- determinative ,
- determiner ,
- determining ,
- determining factor ,
- detrition ,
- differ ,
- dingy ,
- dirge ,
- disagree ,
- disavowal ,
- discernment ,
- disconsolate ,
- discover ,
- discrepancy ,
- disfavor ,
- disfavour ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonour ,
- dislike ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- dispute ,
- disquiet ,
- disquietude ,
- dissension ,
- dissonance ,
- distressing ,
- distrust ,
- divergence ,
- divine guidance ,
- divisor ,
- doubtfulness ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- dread ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- driveway ,
- driving ,
- driving force ,
- drum up ,
- dubiety ,
- dubiousness ,
- earmark ,
- edge ,
- edginess ,
- effect ,
- effective ,
- effort ,
- elegy ,
- element ,
- elision ,
- enemy ,
- entirely ,
- epitope ,
- estimable ,
- etymon ,
- evidence ,
- except ,
- exchange ,
- excise ,
- exclusion ,
- excruciation ,
- execute ,
- executing ,
- execution of instrument ,
- exhibit ,
- expert ,
- expunge ,
- factor in ,
- factor out ,
- fall ,
- fall upon ,
- fearfulness ,
- feel ,
- feel for ,
- fellow feeling ,
- flabbergast ,
- flavor ,
- flavour ,
- flinch ,
- flop ,
- flush ,
- foe ,
- foeman ,
- footing ,
- force back ,
- force out ,
- force play ,
- force-out ,
- forcefulness ,
- foundation ,
- founding ,
- fright ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- full ,
- fundament ,
- funk ,
- gainsay ,
- gall ,
- gangrene ,
- gene ,
- generator ,
- genesis ,
- germ ,
- get ,
- give up ,
- gloomful ,
- gloominess ,
- glooming ,
- glumness ,
- gnarl ,
- grieve ,
- grim ,
- grinding ,
- grogginess ,
- grouch ,
- ground ,
- groundwork ,
- growl ,
- grudge ,
- grumbling ,
- guiltiness ,
- hale ,
- happen upon ,
- have ,
- have to do with ,
- headache ,
- heartbreak ,
- herb of grace ,
- hesitate ,
- hold ,
- holler ,
- honest ,
- honor ,
- honorable ,
- honour ,
- howling ,
- humanistic discipline ,
- hunch ,
- hurt ,
- ignominy ,
- ill ,
- impel ,
- impinge on ,
- implementation ,
- impress ,
- impression ,
- in effect ,
- in force ,
- incentive ,
- inception ,
- incertitude ,
- incitation ,
- incitement ,
- indisposition ,
- induce ,
- inducement ,
- induction ,
- informant ,
- ingredient ,
- inhalation ,
- initiation ,
- innocence ,
- innovation ,
- input ,
- inquietude ,
- instauration ,
- institution ,
- instruction execution ,
- intake ,
- interest ,
- intermission ,
- intermit ,
- interruption ,
- introduction ,
- intuition ,
- intuitive feeling ,
- irresistible impulse ,
- irritation ,
- jaundice ,
- just ,
- justly ,
- keen ,
- kick back ,
- kicking ,
- kvetch ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- lamentable ,
- lamentably ,
- lawsuit ,
- legal action ,
- lenience ,
- leniency ,
- liberal arts ,
- light upon ,
- litigate ,
- look ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- lugubriousness ,
- make ,
- malaise ,
- manifestation ,
- mar ,
- marching ,
- marching music ,
- marchland ,
- mass meeting ,
- master of architecture ,
- melancholic ,
- mental reservation ,
- merit ,
- meticulosity ,
- meticulousness ,
- mightily ,
- mighty ,
- mildness ,
- military action ,
- military force ,
- military group ,
- military reserve ,
- military unit ,
- mint ,
- mistrust ,
- mobilise ,
- mobilize ,
- modestness ,
- monstrance ,
- moral excellence ,
- moral sense ,
- motif ,
- motivating ,
- motivation ,
- motivative ,
- motor ,
- mournfulness ,
- mourning ,
- move ,
- movement ,
- multiplication ,
- murder ,
- murmur ,
- murmuring ,
- muster ,
- muster up ,
- mutter ,
- muttering ,
- natural action ,
- natural process ,
- near ,
- necrosis ,
- need ,
- nip ,
- notion ,
- obsession ,
- occupy ,
- one ,
- opinion ,
- opponent ,
- opposite ,
- oppositeness ,
- origin ,
- overplus ,
- pain ,
- painstakingness ,
- paltriness ,
- parade ,
- parkway ,
- pathos ,
- penalisation ,
- penalization ,
- penitentially ,
- performance ,
- personnel ,
- pertain ,
- piercingly ,
- pinch ,
- pitiful ,
- plain ,
- plaint ,
- plethora ,
- power ,
- powerful ,
- practiced ,
- precariousness ,
- presentation ,
- presentment ,
- pressure ,
- prick ,
- private road ,
- process ,
- proficient ,
- propagation ,
- proper ,
- properly ,
- properness ,
- propitiation ,
- punishment ,
- pureness ,
- push ,
- push back ,
- quail ,
- qualification ,
- question ,
- quetch ,
- radical ,
- rag ,
- rallying ,
- ram ,
- rancor ,
- rancour ,
- rap ,
- razz ,
- reason ,
- rebound ,
- rectify ,
- redress ,
- refer ,
- reference ,
- relate ,
- remorseful ,
- repel ,
- repent ,
- repentantly ,
- repercussion ,
- repulse ,
- reputability ,
- requiem ,
- resentment ,
- reservoir ,
- resile ,
- resist ,
- resistance ,
- respectable ,
- restlessness ,
- rethink ,
- reticence ,
- reverberate ,
- revere ,
- reverence ,
- ricochet ,
- ride ,
- right field ,
- right hand ,
- right on ,
- right wing ,
- right-hand ,
- rightfield ,
- rightfulness ,
- ripe ,
- roar ,
- root word ,
- rootage ,
- rootle ,
- rout ,
- rumble ,
- rumbling ,
- run into ,
- rush ,
- ruthful ,
- ruthfulness ,
- safe ,
- salutary ,
- satisfaction ,
- savvy ,
- scold ,
- score ,
- scratch ,
- screak ,
- screech ,
- sealed ,
- second-stringer ,
- secure ,
- seed ,
- self-abasement ,
- self-abnegation ,
- self-consciousness ,
- self-denial ,
- self-distrust ,
- self-doubt ,
- self-hatred ,
- self-mortification ,
- self-renunciation ,
- semiconsciousness ,
- sense of right and wrong ,
- serious ,
- set aside ,
- settle ,
- settle down ,
- sexual morality ,
- sheepishness ,
- shine ,
- shrink ,
- shrinkage ,
- sickness ,
- sinking ,
- sinlessness ,
- skeleton ,
- skeleton in the closet ,
- skilful ,
- skillful ,
- skreak ,
- skreigh ,
- slaying ,
- smash ,
- smasher ,
- smell ,
- solicitousness ,
- solution ,
- somber ,
- somberness ,
- sombre ,
- sombreness ,
- soreness ,
- sorry ,
- sound ,
- sound off ,
- soundly ,
- sphacelus ,
- spirit ,
- spring ,
- squeeze ,
- squinch ,
- stab ,
- stammer ,
- steady down ,
- stem ,
- stimulant ,
- stimulate ,
- stimulation ,
- sting ,
- stirring ,
- stockpile ,
- storm ,
- strength ,
- strickle ,
- stumble ,
- stupor ,
- stutter ,
- substitute ,
- sue ,
- suffering ,
- suit ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulky ,
- sulphurous ,
- sultan of swat ,
- summon ,
- summoning ,
- superfluity ,
- sure ,
- suspension ,
- suspiciousness ,
- sympathize with ,
- taciturnity ,
- tactile sensation ,
- tactual sensation ,
- take ,
- take a hop ,
- take exception ,
- take issue ,
- take root ,
- take up ,
- taking into custody ,
- tantalise ,
- tantalize ,
- tap ,
- tartness ,
- taunt ,
- tease ,
- ten-strike ,
- tenderness ,
- theme ,
- thorniness ,
- thoroughly ,
- thoughtfulness ,
- threnody ,
- thrill ,
- thrust ,
- tlc ,
- tone ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- totally ,
- touch ,
- touch on ,
- touch sensation ,
- trade good ,
- trouble ,
- tug ,
- tweet ,
- twit ,
- twitch ,
- ululate ,
- ululation ,
- uncertainness ,
- uncomfortableness ,
- understanding ,
- unease ,
- unhappily ,
- unhappiness ,
- unity ,
- unspoiled ,
- unspoilt ,
- upright ,
- vacillation ,
- variance ,
- venerate ,
- veneration ,
- veracious ,
- vex ,
- vexation ,
- violence ,
- virtuousness ,
- virulent ,
- vitriolic ,
- wail ,
- walk out ,
- waver ,
- wavering ,
- wedge ,
- wee small voice ,
- well ,
- whiteness ,
- whole ,
- wholeness ,
- wholly ,
- wince ,
- woefully ,
- woefulness ,
- work stoppage ,
- wrawl ,
- writ of execution ,
- yammer ,
- yard ,
- yawl ,
- yowl .
- Boggling ,
- Picketing ,
- Remonstration ,
- Scrupulosity ,
- Stickling ,
- agony ,
- anguish ,
- anxiety ,
- apprehension ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- atonement ,
- bad conscience ,
- bashfulness ,
- beef ,
- better self ,
- bitch ,
- bitterness ,
- boggle ,
- boycott ,
- certain ,
- challenge ,
- compassion ,
- complaint ,
- concern ,
- conscience ,
- conscientiousness ,
- contriteness ,
- contrition ,
- decency ,
- demonstration ,
- demur ,
- demurral ,
- demurrer ,
- denial ,
- diffidence ,
- disagreement ,
- disapproval ,
- disclaimer ,
- discomfort ,
- disinclination ,
- dissent ,
- doubt ,
- doubts ,
- embarrassment ,
- exception ,
- expostulation ,
- falter ,
- faltering ,
- fear ,
- funny feeling ,
- good ,
- goodness ,
- grief ,
- grievance ,
- grievance committee ,
- gripe ,
- grouse ,
- grumble ,
- guilt ,
- guilty conscience ,
- hesitance ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitation ,
- howl ,
- humiliation ,
- indignation meeting ,
- integrity ,
- kick ,
- march ,
- misgivings ,
- modesty ,
- mortification ,
- nausea ,
- objection ,
- opposition ,
- pang ,
- pangs ,
- pangs of conscience ,
- pause ,
- penance ,
- penitence ,
- penitently ,
- propriety ,
- protest ,
- protestation ,
- punctiliousness ,
- purity ,
- qualm ,
- qualmishness ,
- qualms ,
- queasiness ,
- rally ,
- recoil ,
- regret ,
- regretfulness ,
- reluctance ,
- remonstrance ,
- remorse ,
- repentance ,
- reserve ,
- respectability ,
- right ,
- ruefulness ,
- ruth ,
- sadness ,
- scruples ,
- scrupulousness ,
- second thought ,
- second thoughts ,
- self-condemnation ,
- self-reproach ,
- self-reproof ,
- shrinking ,
- shyness ,
- sinking feeling ,
- sit-in ,
- solicitude ,
- sorrow ,
- sorrowfulness ,
- squawk ,
- squeamishness ,
- stab of conscience ,
- strike ,
- suspicion ,
- sympathy ,
- teach-in ,
- throes ,
- twinge ,
- uncertainty ,
- uneasiness ,
- unwillingness ,
- virtue ,
- voice of conscience ,
- woe ,
- worry .
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How to use "Compunction" in context?
Compunction is the feeling of regret, guilt, or sadness that one experiences after doing something that one feels is wrong or bad. It is a normal reaction to having made a mistake, and can be a motivator to improve one's actions in the future.
Paraphrases for Compunction:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
remorse.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
conscience.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
hesitation.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Compunction:
n.
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feeling
ruefulness, sorrow, regret, rue.
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feeling
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