conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong
(noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person’s thoughts and actions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scruples
plural of scruple
scruples
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scruple
Source: Wiktionary
Scru"ple, n. Etym: [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.]
1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will not bate thee a scruple. Shak.
3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience. He was made miserable by the conflict between his tastes and his scruples. Macaulay. To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to scruple. Locke.
Scru"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Skrupling.]
Definition: To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those things which lawfully we may. Fuller. Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. South.
Scru"ple, v. t.
1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question. Others long before them . . . scrupled more the books of hereties than of gentiles. Milton.
2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. [R.] Letters which did still scruple many of them. E. Symmons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
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