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Noun: qualm  kwaam
  1. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
    - scruple, misgiving
     
  2. A mild state of nausea
    - queasiness, squeamishness

Derived forms: qualms

Type of: anxiety, nausea, sickness

Encyclopedia: Qualm