| object(verb, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) | |
| ort(noun, big, bit) | |
| pangs of conscience(expression, idiom) | |
| penitence(noun, upset, worry, concern, distress) | |
| perplexity(noun, trouble, concern, difficulty, anxiety) | |
| point(smallness, probity) | |
| pound | |
| pricking of heart(expression, idiom) | |
| punctilio | |
| qualm of conscience(expression, idiom) | |
| queasiness(noun, upset, anxiety, doubt, nervousness) | |
| query(noun, verb, trouble, concern, dispute) | |
| raise a howl(expression, idiom) | |
| raise a question(expression, idiom) | |
| reconsideration(noun, doubt, misgiving, qualm, critic) | |
| remonstration(noun, dislike, doubt, opposition, protest) | |
| scepticism | |
| scrupulousness(unwillingness, probity) | |
| second thoughts(noun, expression, regret, reluctance) | |
| shadow of doubt(expression, idiom) |
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