qualms of conscience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofqualmandconscience
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qualm
noun[C usually plural]
uk/kwɑːm/us/kwɑːm/
an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the ...
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conscience
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəns/
the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel ...
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(Definition ofqualmandconsciencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We already see they have great qualms of conscience about the tax they are going to impose on these smaller holders of land.
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I have no qualms of conscience whatever in regard to this matter.
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People who have real qualms of conscience about confiscation should not confiscate wholesale the countries of other people.
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They have surely overcome their qualms of conscience about nationalisation.
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We see no qualms of conscience in resisting that.
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That is a principle to which everyone can subscribe without any qualms of conscience even on practical issues.
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I have no qualms of conscience in saying that we are going into a union.
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Therefore, it is not to be wondered at that the new industrialists, who were mostly deeply religious men, should have had some qualms of conscience.
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Are there not some uneasy qualms of conscience among them?
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I have no qualms of conscience, since no directions are likely to be given which would involve hurt, harm or loss to those in charge of the centres.
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I feel the qualms of conscience now in addressing it on the very difficult problem of foreign affairs and making a contribution on this immense subject.
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Although he has qualms of conscience, he overcomes them as opposition melts before his onslaught.
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The extreme emotional tensions and qualms of conscience into which his investigations brought him induced a violent illness that left its mark on him for the rest of his life.
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