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scruples   (TTS Sound)

The noun scruples has 1 sense

• conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong -- (motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions)

The noun scruple has 3 senses

• scruple -- (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains)


• scruple, qualm, misgiving -- (uneasiness about the fitness of an action)


• scruple -- (an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action)

The verb scruple has 3 senses

• scruple -- (hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself")


• scruple -- (raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it")


• scruple -- (have doubts about)