Definition of "misgivings" []

• Plural form of misgiving. Doubt; hesitation; reluctance; worry; concern. (noun)

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• "But many administration officials had harbored serious misgivings from the outset, and many more grew to share them as the year went by."
• "Professor Clark, who was received with loud applause, said: In these days one accepts with certain misgivings an invitation to speak on current business conditions-lest one add unduly to the prevailing atmosphere of gloom."
• "My only short-term misgivings are the continued stress in residential and commercial real estate lending markets."