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Compunction

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Main Entry: compunction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regret, sorrow

Synonyms:

attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, penitency, pity, punctiliousness, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, second thoughts, shame, stab of conscience, sympathy

Antonyms:

defiance, meanness, no remorse
Main Entry: compassion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tender feeling

Synonyms:

benevolence, charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, empathy, fellow feeling, grace, heart, humaneness, humanity, kindness, lenity, mercy, softheartedness, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, yearning

Antonyms:

cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, mercilessness, tyranny
Main Entry: conscience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: moral sense

Synonyms:

censor, compunction, demur, duty, inner voice, morals, principles, qualms, right and wrong, scruples, shame, small voice, squeam, still small voice, superego
Notes: conscience is the noun meaning 'a sense of right and wrong' while conscious is the adjective meaning 'aware of something, being awake'

Antonyms:

immorality
Main Entry: contrition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regret

Synonyms:

attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorrow

Antonyms:

hurtfulness, indifference, meanness
Main Entry: penance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reparation for wrong

Synonyms:

absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering
Main Entry: penitence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shame, sorrow

Synonyms:

anguish, attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humbling, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, ruth, sadness, scruple, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach

Antonyms:

shamelessness
Main Entry: pity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: feeling of mercy toward another

Synonyms:

benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolement, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindliness, kindness, lenity, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth

Antonyms:

disdain, malevolence, mercilessness
Main Entry: qualm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nagging doubt

Synonyms:

agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness

Antonyms:

approval, comfort, contentedness
Main Entry: regret
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upset over past action

Synonyms:

affliction, anguish, annoyance, apologies, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, lamentation, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, regretfulness, remorse, repentance, ruefulness, scruple, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry

Antonyms:

contentedness, happiness, satisfaction
Main Entry: remorse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guilty or bad conscience

Synonyms:

anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence, penitency, pity, regret, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, sorrow

Antonyms:

good conscience, happiness, remorselessness, satisfaction
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