- conscientious hesitation - Moral misgiving - Moral qualm - A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. - Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. - Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation
proceeding from motives of conscience. - To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action,
on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.