scruples

Meaning of scruples

noun
  1. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
  2. (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
  3. A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
  4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
  5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
verb
  1. To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
  2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
  3. To regard with suspicion; to question.
  4. To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
    I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.

Information about scruples

  • The singular form of scruples is: scruple.
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Hyphenation of scruples

scru-ples

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • scruples is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

scruples synonyms

Meaning conscience:

conscience

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