3
protest(noun, reluctancy, counter-argument)
3
protestation(noun, reluctancy, counter-argument)
3
recoil
3
remonstrance(noun, doubt, misgiving, reluctancy, pang)
3
repentance(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
3
rue(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
3
shrinking
3
sickness(noun, nausea, vomiting, faintness, biliousness)
3
unwillingness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
2
abasement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
abjection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
abjectness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
agnosticism(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt)
2
aversion(noun, distress, anxiety, hatred, alarm)
2
beef
2
bitch
2
blahs(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
bummer(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
care(noun, worry, concern, shame, fear)
2
dubiousness(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt)
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