Protest
Scruple
Scruple noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Usage example: the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams
Protest and scruple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Protest" instead the word "Scruple" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: scrupulous, scrupled, scrupling
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Scruple and Protest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/scruple
Protest & Scruple. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/scruple>.
Scruple or Protest. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/scruple.
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