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Scruple
Definition:
1. Doubt; hesitation from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; reluctance to decide or act 2. A weight of twenty grains, the third part of a dram 3. Proverbially, a very small quantity 4. In Chaldean chronology, the 1/1080 part of an hour; a division of time used by the Jews, Arabs etc 5. To doubt; to hesitate; to question in belief
Alternate Spellings and Forms:
scrupling, scrupler, scrupulosity, scrupulous, scrupulously, scrupulousness, scrupled