Definition of scruple

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Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..

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Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong..
Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..
Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..
Superstitious :: Superstitious (a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..
Scruple :: Scruple (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..
Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
Scruou-lize :: Scruou-lize (v. t.) To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
Scrupler :: Scrupler (n.) One who scruples.
Sticked :: Stick (v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation..
Doubter :: Doubter (n.) One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement..
Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at..
Scrupulist :: Scrupulist (n.) A scrupler.
Scrupled :: Scrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Scrupl.
Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle..
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