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Qualms

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

📖 Definitions of "Qualms"

noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

  2. 2

    A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

  3. 3

    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."

  4. 4

    Mortality; plague; pestilence.

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