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| grain of salt(expression, idiom, qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| guilty conscience | |
| hardship | |
| heartsickness(noun, woe, reassurance, expiation, remorsefulness) | |
| herb-of-grace | |
| hesitance(qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| infelicity(noun, woe, reassurance, expiation, remorsefulness) | |
| lack of desire(expression, idiom, qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| lack of enthusiasm(expression, idiom, qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| lament | |
| loathness(qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| misery | |
| mortification | |
| mourning | |
| objection(qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| pang of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame, guilt) | |
| pang of guilt(noun, expression, idiom, shame, guilt) | |
| pity(noun, shame, sorrow, woe, anguish) | |
| protest(qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) | |
| protestation(qualm, reluctancy, counter-argument) |
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