Definition of Scruple

Scruple

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.

To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

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Scruple Quotations

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Anatole France

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases.
George Combe

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
Edward Dahlberg

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
Fernando Pessoa

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.
John Dennis

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Scruple Translations

scruple in French is scrupule
scruple in German is Skrupel
scruple in Italian is scupolo

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