scrupling

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present participle of scruple
scruple
To doubt; to question; to hesitate to believe; to question the truth of (a fact, etc.)

I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.

scruple
Hence, a very small quantity; a particle

Paroles: I have not, my lord, deserved it. Lafeu: Yes, good faith, ev'ry dram of it, and I will not bate thee a scruple.

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Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience; to consider if something is ethical

He was made miserable by the conflict between his tastes and his scruples. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

scruple
A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity
scruple
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience

Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. - Robert South.

scruple
doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty
scruple
{v} to doubt, hesitate, boggle, question
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{n} a doubt, a weight of twenty grains
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An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action
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Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience
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{f} have qualms; hesitate, have misgivings
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hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself"
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A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram
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To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
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an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action uneasiness about the fitness of an action a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains have doubts about raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"
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raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"
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uneasiness about the fitness of an action
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{i} qualm, compunction; moral; misgiving, hesitation; iota, tiny amount; unit of weight equal to 1/3 of a dram (1.295 grams)
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To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple
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an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
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hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself
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have doubts about
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Scruples are moral principles or beliefs that make you unwilling to do something that seems wrong. a man with no moral scruples. a belief about what is right and wrong that prevents you from doing bad things scruples about doing sth (scrupule, from scrupulus , from scrupus ). not scruple to do sth to be willing to do something even though it may be wrong or may upset people
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