Moral compunction Synonyms

Definitions for Moral


  • (adjective) conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue
  • (adjective) guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong
  • (adjective) concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

Definitions for Compunction


  • (noun) an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
  • (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)