Compunctious
11compunctious — adj 1. remorseful, contrite, regretful, penitent, repentant, penitential; sorrowful, grieved, sad, mournful, doleful, rueful, sorry, apologetic; self reproaching, self reproving, self blaming, self accusing, self condemning, conscience stricken,… …
12compunctious — com·punc·tious …
13compunctious — /kəmˈpʌŋkʃəs/ (say kuhm pungkshuhs), / ˈpʌŋʃəs/ (say pungshuhs) adjective Obsolete causing compunction; causing misgiving, regret, or remorse. –compunctiously, adverb …
14compunctious — …
15sorry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rueful, regretful, penitent; sympathetic, sorrowful; pitiful, deplorable; shabby, paltry, wretched, mean. See penitence. Ant., impenitent, unsympathetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Penitent] Syn.… …
16contrite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penitent, sorry (see penitence). Ant., unrepentant, obdurate. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repentant, regretful, humbled, remorseful; see ashamed , sorry 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
17penitent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repentant, sorrowful, contrite; see sorry 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PEN i tunt] sorry, contrite, regretful. The truly penitent shall be forgiven their misdeeds. SYN.: sorry, sorrowful,… …
18Penitence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Penitence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 penitence penitence contrition compunction repentance remorse Sgm: N 1 regret regret &c. 833 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 self reproach self reproach self repro …
19Effect — Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913 Webster]… …
20For effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
