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What is a qualm, as in "having no qualms" about something?

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The definition of a qualm is a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness. Which concludes "having no qualms" means that you don't feel nervous about the thing your going to do, go to, etc.

Feb 15 2010, 11:39 PM
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Synonyms: These nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action. Qualm is a disturbing feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt: "an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who . . . would . . . fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm" (W.H. Hudson).
Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about a course of action: "My father's old-fashioned notions boggled a little at first to this arrangement . . . but his scruples were in the end overruled" (John Galt).
Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing: stole the money without compunction.
Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension: had misgivings about quitting his job.

link http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/qualm

Feb 16 2010, 1:32 AM
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