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| Main Entry: | compunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, pity, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, shame, sympathy, penitency, punctiliousness, second thoughts, stab of conscience |
| 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, humanity, kindness, mercy, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, yearning, humaneness, lenity, softheartedness, tenderheartedness |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, tyranny, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | conscience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moral sense |
| Synonyms: | censor, compunction, demur, duty, inner voice, morals, shame, principles, qualms, right and wrong, scruples, 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, humiliation, penance, penitence, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sorrow, contriteness, penitency, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | indifference, meanness, hurtfulness |
| Main Entry: | penance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reparation for wrong |
| Synonyms: | absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, remorse, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sorrow, suffering, expiation, purgation, remorsefulness, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift |
| Main Entry: | penitence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | anguish, attrition, compunction, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sadness, scruple, contriteness, humbling, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | shamelessness |
| Main Entry: | qualm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nagging doubt |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, uneasiness, misdoubt, unease |
| Antonyms: | approval, comfort, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset over past action |
| Synonyms: | affliction, anguish, annoyance, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, scruple, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry, apologies, lamentation, regretfulness, ruefulness, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | happiness, satisfaction, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | remorse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guilty or bad conscience |
| Synonyms: | anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penance, penitence, pity, regret, repentance, rue, shame, sorrow, contriteness, pangs of conscience, penitency, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | happiness, satisfaction, good conscience, remorselessness |
| Main Entry: | repentance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling bad for past action |
| Synonyms: | attrition, compunction, conscience, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, rue, ruth, sorrow, contriteness, penitency, self-reproach, sorriness |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
| Main Entry: | scruple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misgiving, doubt |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difficulty, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, qualm, reluctance, second thought*, twinge, uneasiness, faltering, perplexity, reconsideration, reluctancy, squeamishness, superego |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, negligence, unconcern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, irritation, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, remorse, reproach, scandal, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery, abashment, bad conscience, discomposure, disesteem, ill repute, loss of face, pudency, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Antonyms: | honor, pride, respect |
| Main Entry: | solicitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, anxiety |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, compunction, concern, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, uneasiness, watchfulness, TLC, attentiveness, concernment, considerateness, tender loving care, unease |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, contentedness, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of mercy toward another |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindness, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth, condolement, kindliness, lenity |
| Antonyms: | disdain, malevolence, mercilessness |
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