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  • 31doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …

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  • 32compunction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. regret, remorse; scruple, twinge. See penitence, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sense of guilt or remorse] Syn. remorse, contrition, shame; see regret 1 , repentance , shame 2 . 2. [A twinge of… …

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  • 33reservation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. exception, qualification, misgiving; booking, engagement. See commission. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of reserving] Syn. restriction, limitation, isolation, withholding, setting aside, exclusive… …

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  • 34scruple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. doubt, perplexity, misgiving, reluctance, unwillingness, qualm, conscience. See probity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. compunction, qualm, uneasiness; see doubt 2 , qualm 1 . See Synonym Study at qualm .… …

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  • 35suspicion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mistrust, distrust, apprehension; doubt, misgiving, jealousy; supposition, inkling, intimation, hint; trace, touch, shade, modicum. See littleness, fear, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misgiving,… …

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  • 36gaingiving — ˈgānˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: gain (from Middle English gayn , geyne against) + giving (from gerund of give) archaic : misgiving …

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  • 37apprehension — /ap ri hen sheuhn/, n. 1. anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. 2. the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level. 3. acceptance of or… …

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  • 38Doubt — • A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Doubt     Doubt      …

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  • 39apprehension — ap·pre·hen·sion /ˌa pri hen chən/ n: arrest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. apprehension …

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  • 40fear — I noun affright, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehension of danger, apprehension of harm, apprehension of injury, apprehension of punishment, apprehensiveness, awe, concern, consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, diffidence,… …

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