1. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
   "The lawyer had misgivings about the legality of the contract";
   - scruple, qualm
    
2. Fearful expectation or anticipation
   "the student looked around the examination room with misgiving";
   - apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
    
3. Doubt about someone's honesty
   "He had misgivings about his partner's intentions";
   - mistrust, distrust, suspicion

1. Suggest fear or doubt
   "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

Derived forms: misgivings

Type of: anxiety, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, expectation, fear, fearfulness, fright, incertitude, outlook, prospect, uncertainty, vex, worry

Encyclopedia: Misgiving