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▸ noun: (pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
▸ noun: A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
▸ noun: (obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
▸ verb: (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
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qualm,
misgiving,
unscrupulosity,
misdoubt,
pang of conscience,
guilty conscience,
imprudence,
embarrassment,
suspicion,
guilt,
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