qualms
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Definitions
noun
- A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
- A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.)“This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.”
- Mortality; plague; pestilence.
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compunctionmisgivingscrupleuneaseuneasinesssqueamishnessqueasinessconcernsdoubtshesitationsinhibitionsmisgivingsobjectionsreservationsreservesscruplescompunctionsregrets