A feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action

• scruple

  1. An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action:
  2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains.
  3. A minute part or amount.

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  1. An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action:
  2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains.
  3. A minute part or amount.

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• reservation

  1. The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding:
  2. A limiting qualification, condition, or exception:
  3. A doubt or misgiving:

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  1. The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding:
  2. A limiting qualification, condition, or exception:
  3. A doubt or misgiving:

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• qualm

  1. An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action:
  2. A sudden disturbing feeling:
  3. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.

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  1. An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action:
  2. A sudden disturbing feeling:
  3. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.

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• compunction

  1. A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt:
  2. A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:

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  1. A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt:
  2. A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:

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