scruple
I
noun
anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, compunction, concern, cunctatio, doubt, doubtfulness, drawback, dubiety, dubiousness, dubitatio, fear, fearfulness, haesitatio, hesitancy, hesitation, misgiving, objection, qualm, question, reluctance, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, unwillingness
II
index
demur, doubt (hesitate), hesitate, hesitation, misdoubt, qualm, refuse
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006