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
Uncertainness and scruple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uncertainness" instead a noun "Scruple".
Nearby Words: scrupulous, scrupled, scrupling
Uncertainness
Uncertainness noun - Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance.
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Synonyms for Uncertainness
Scruple and uncertainness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scruple" instead a noun "Uncertainness".
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Related pairs
- reservation and scruple
- reservation and uncertainness
- misgiving and scruple
- misgiving and uncertainness
- suspicion and scruple
- suspicion and uncertainness
- faltering and scruple
- faltering and uncertainness
- doubt and scruple
- doubt and uncertainness
- distrust and scruple
- distrust and uncertainness
- pause and scruple
- pause and uncertainness
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