Protest and Scruple

Protest

Protest noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.
Usage example: submitted an official protest about her treatment

Scruple and protest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scruple" instead the word "Protest" as a noun or a verb.

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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