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What is a qualm?

What is a qualm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  2. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) A calamity or disaster.
  3. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
  4. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
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There are many people who do many right things under the influence of sickness, affliction, death in the family, public calamities or a sudden qualm of conscience.
He felt no qualm in telling me that he too attended prayers on Eid and mainly to please his mother.
We're revisiting the venue to qualm any fears about its suitability.
My only qualm on this album is the rather boxy sound of this overture, but this is a minor misgiving when compared to the joys on offer.
He felt that he could kill Bruce Browning without a qualm of conscience.
Plus, she thinks that I'm flaunting whatever relationship I have with him in front of her, and basically has a real qualm about us being tactile.

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