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[kwɑːm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving
(e.g: military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press)
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Origin
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early 16th century (in the sense ‘momentary sick feeling’): perhaps related to Old English cw(e)alm ‘pain’, of Germanic origin
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